Day 73 - 14 Mar 2021 reflections
Day 73, 14 Mar 2021
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we referenced JOspeh in Genesis 41
about where the wealth went during the 7 years of storage
Deuteronomy 8 - 10
DEUTERONOMY 8
Remember the Lord Your God
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:32–6:3) You must carefully keep all the commandments
that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, and multiply,
and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 (Am 2:10; Ex 15:25) You must remember that the Lord your God led
you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you,
and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would
keep His commandments or not.
3 (Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4; Ex 16:2-3) He humbled you and let you suffer hunger,
and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone;
but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 (Dt 29:5; Ne 9:21) Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did
your feet swell these forty years.
5 (2Sa 7:14; Pr 3:12) You must also consider in your heart that,
as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6 (Dt 5:33) Therefore you must keep the commandments of the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs that
flow out of valleys and hills,
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates,
a land of olive oil and honey,
9 a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, in which you
will not lack anything, a land whose stones are iron, and
out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 (Ps 103:2; Dt 6:11-12) When you have eaten and are full,
then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land
which He has given you.
11 Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping
His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I am
commanding you today.
12 (Pr 30:9; Dt 28:47) Otherwise, when you have eaten
and are full and have built and occupied good houses,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply,
and your silver and your gold multiply,
and all that you have multiplies,
14 (Ps 106:21; Dt 8:11) then your heart will become proud and you will
forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of slavery,
15 (Nu 20:11; 21:6) who led you through that great and terrible wilderness,
where there were fiery serpents and scorpions and drought,
where there was no water, who brought forth for you water
out of the rock of flint,
16 (Ex 16:15; Dt 8:3) who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you
and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.
17 (Dt 9:4) Otherwise, you may say in your heart,
"My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth."
18 (Pr 10:22; Hos 2:8) But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore
to your fathers, as it is today.
19 (Dt 4:26) If you ever forget the Lord your God
and go after other gods and serve them and worship them,
then I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 (Da 9:11-12) Just like the nations which the Lord will
destroy before you, so shall you perish because you would
not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
DEUTERONOMY 9
Not Because of Righteousness
1 (Dt 4:38; 1:28) Hear, O Israel! You are to cross over the Jordan today,
to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities
fortified up to heaven,
2 (Nu 13:22) a great and tall people, the children of the Anakites,
whom you know and of whom you have heard it said,
"Who can stand before the children of Anak?"
3 (Dt 4:24; Jos 3:11) Understand therefore today that the Lord your God
is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He shall destroy
them and shall bring them down before you, so that you drive them out
and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has spoken to you.
4 (Dt 8:17; 12:31) Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God
has driven them out before you,
"On account of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess
this land," but it is because of the wickedness of these nations
the Lord is driving them out before you.
5 (Titus 3:5; Ge 12:7) It is not because of your righteousness
or the uprightness of your heart that you enter to possess their land,
but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God
drives them out before you, and that He may fulfill the word which
the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 (Dt 9:13; 10:16) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God
is not giving you this good land to possess on account of your
righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
The Golden Calf
7 (Ex 14:11; 16:2) Remember, and do not forget how you provoked
the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that
you departed out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place,
you have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord
was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9 (Ex 34:28; 24:18; 24:12) When I went up into the mountain to receive
the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made
with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
I did not eat bread or drink water.
10 (Ex 31:18; Dt 10:4) The Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone,
written with the finger of God, and on them was written all the words
which the Lord spoke to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly.
11 (Dt 9:9) At the end of forty days and forty nights,
the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 (Ex 32:7-8; Jdg 2:17) Then the Lord said to me,
"Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought
out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They are quickly turned aside
from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molded image
for themselves.â€"
13 (Dt 9:6; 10:16) Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying,
"I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stubborn people.
14 (Dt 29:20; Ps 9:5) Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them
and blot out their name from under heaven,
and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."
15 (Ex 19:18; Dt 4:11) So I returned and came down from the mount,
and the mount burned with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant
were in my two hands.
16 (Ex 32:19) I looked, and indeed, you had sinned against the Lord
your God and had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly
turned aside out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands
and broke them before your eyes.
18 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9) I fell down before the Lord, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water
because of all your sins which you committed, doing what was wicked
in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
19 (Dt 10:10; Ex 32:14) For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure
with which the Lord was wrathful against you to destroy you.
But the Lord listened to me at that time also.
20 The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him,
so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21 (Ex 32:20) I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it
with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small until it was as small
as dust. Then I threw the dust into the brook that descended down from
the mountain.
22 (Ex 17:7; Nu 11:34) Also at Taberah and at Massah
and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
23 (Ps 106:24-25) Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea,
saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,"
then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God,
and you did not believe Him or listen to His voice.
24 (Dt 31:27) You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day
I knew you.
25 (Dt 9:18) So I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights;
I fell down because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
26 (Ex 32:11-13) I prayed therefore to the Lord, and said,
"O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance,
which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness
or their sin.
28 (Nu 14:16) Otherwise, the land from which You brought us may say,
'Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which
He promised them and because He hated them, He has brought them out
to slay them in the wilderness.'
29 (Dt 4:20; Ne 1:10) Yet they are Your people, Your inheritance,
whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your stretched-out arm."
DEUTERONOMY 10
The Second Pair of Tablets
1 (Ex 34:1-2) At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut out for yourself
two tablets of stone like the first and come up to Me onto the mountain
and make an ark of wood for yourself.
2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets
which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark."
3 (Ex 34:4; 25:5) So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets
of stone just like the first and went up onto the mountain
with the two tablets in my hand.
4 (Dt 9:10; Ex 34:28; Dt 18:16) He wrote on the tablets
just like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord spoke
to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly, and the Lord gave them to me.
5 (Ex 34:29; 40:20) I turned around and came down from the mountain
and put the tablets in the ark which I had made,
and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.
6 (Nu 33:38) (The children of Israel set out from Beeroth
of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried,
and his son Eleazar ministered in the priest's office in his place.
7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah,
a land of rivers of waters.
8 (Dt 18:5; 21:5) At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord
to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.
9 (Dt 18:1-2; Eze 44:28) Therefore, Levi has no portion or inheritance
with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance,
just as the Lord your God promised him.)
10 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:18-19) As for me, I stayed on the mountain
like the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord
listened to me at that time also. The Lord was not willing to destroy you.
11 (Ex 32:34; 33:1) The Lord said to me, "Arise, take your journey before
the people, so that they may go in and possess the land which I swore
to give to their fathers."
The Essence of the Law
12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,
but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,
and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which
I am commanding you today for your good?
14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong
to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;
and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,
as it is today.
16 (Dt 9:6; Jer 4:4) Therefore, circumcise your heart,
and do not be stubborn anymore.
17 (Jos 22:22; Da 2:47) For the Lord your God is the God of gods
and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God
who is unbiased and takes no bribe.
18 (Ps 68:5; 146:9) He executes the judgment of the orphan
and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 (Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33-34) Therefore, love the foreigner,
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 (Dt 13:4; 6:13; 11:22) You must fear the Lord your God.
You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.
21 (Jer 17:14; Ps 106:21-22) He is your praise, and He is your God,
who has done for you these great and fearsome things which your eyes
have seen.
22 (Ge 15:5; 46:27) Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy people,
and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/14/storms-of-fear
entitled Storms of Fear
Mark 4:35-41
The Calming of a Storm
Mt 8:23–27; Lk 8:22–25
35 (Mt 8:18; Lk 8:22) That same day, when the evening came, He said to them,
"Let us go cross to the other side."
36 (Mk 3:9; 4:1) When they had sent the crowd away, they took Him in the boat
just as He was. There were also other little boats with Him.
37 A great wind storm arose, and the waves splashed into the boat,
so that it was now filling the boat.
38 He was in the stern asleep on a pillow.
They woke Him and said, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
39 (Job 38:11; Ps 89:9) He rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
"Peace, be still!" Then the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 (Mt 14:31; Lk 8:25) He said to them,
"Why are you so fearful? How is that you have no faith?"
41 They feared greatly and said to one another,
"What kind of Man is He, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"
In a TV commercial I saw recently, a woman casually asks someone
in a group watching TV, "What are you searching for, Mark?"
"A version of myself that doesn’t make decisions based on fear,"
he responds soberly—not realizing that she was just asking
what he liked to watch on TV!
Whoa, I thought. I wasn’t expecting a TV commercial to hit me
so profoundly! But I related to poor Mark: I too feel embarrassed
by the way fear sometimes seems to direct my life.
Jesus’ disciples also experienced the profound power of fear.
Once, as they headed across the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35),
"a furious squall came up" (v. 37). Terror gripped them,
and they suggested that Jesus (who'd been sleeping!)
might not care about them:
"Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?" (v. 38).
Fear distorted the disciples' vision, blinding them
to Jesus' good intentions for them. After He rebuked
the wind and waves (v. 39), Christ confronted the disciples
with two penetrating questions:
"Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" (v. 40).
Storms rage in our lives as well, don’t they?
But Jesus' questions can help us put our fears in perspective.
His first question invites us to name our fears.
The second invites us to entrust those distorted feelings
to Him—asking Him for eyes to see how He guides us even through
life's most raging storms.
By: Adam R. Holz
Reflect & Pray
What storms are you facing right now?
How can you entrust your fears and emotions
to Jesus when the winds blow and the waters rise?
Loving Savior, thank You that You're always present in the storm.
As I move through life’s scary moments, help me each day to talk
to You and entrust You with my fears.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and
forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you,
so you must do.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgiveable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention
not on the offender,
but on Christ, who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
HOw can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 28:13
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
Prov 15:1
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:28
28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down and without walls.4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Ps 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season;
its leaf will not wither,
and whatever he does will prosper.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
James 1:19-25
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20 for the anger of man does not work
the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining
wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able
to save your souls.
22 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
viewing his natural face in a mirror. 24 He views himself, and goes his way,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into
the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it,
and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,
this man will be blessed in his deeds.
The Lord's Prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
14th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's kingdom to come
in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,
and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)
b) Pray for those who server with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and remember what to do with treasure.
Pray to the Lord and remember his mercy.
Pray to the Lord to carry you through the storms of Life.
Pray to the Lord to seek forgiveness in your life.
Pray to the Lord to lay a good foundation in your life.
Pray to the Lord to be not have any anger in you and to remember Him.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray your country and church to come close to Christ.
Repent of and turn away from your sins
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.
Today at https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ we referenced JOspeh in Genesis 41
about where the wealth went during the 7 years of storage
Deuteronomy 8 - 10
DEUTERONOMY 8
Remember the Lord Your God
1 (Dt 4:1; 5:32–6:3) You must carefully keep all the commandments
that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, and multiply,
and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 (Am 2:10; Ex 15:25) You must remember that the Lord your God led
you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you,
and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would
keep His commandments or not.
3 (Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4; Ex 16:2-3) He humbled you and let you suffer hunger,
and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone;
but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 (Dt 29:5; Ne 9:21) Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did
your feet swell these forty years.
5 (2Sa 7:14; Pr 3:12) You must also consider in your heart that,
as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6 (Dt 5:33) Therefore you must keep the commandments of the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs that
flow out of valleys and hills,
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates,
a land of olive oil and honey,
9 a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, in which you
will not lack anything, a land whose stones are iron, and
out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 (Ps 103:2; Dt 6:11-12) When you have eaten and are full,
then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land
which He has given you.
11 Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping
His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I am
commanding you today.
12 (Pr 30:9; Dt 28:47) Otherwise, when you have eaten
and are full and have built and occupied good houses,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply,
and your silver and your gold multiply,
and all that you have multiplies,
14 (Ps 106:21; Dt 8:11) then your heart will become proud and you will
forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of slavery,
15 (Nu 20:11; 21:6) who led you through that great and terrible wilderness,
where there were fiery serpents and scorpions and drought,
where there was no water, who brought forth for you water
out of the rock of flint,
16 (Ex 16:15; Dt 8:3) who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you
and that He might prove you, to do good for you in the end.
17 (Dt 9:4) Otherwise, you may say in your heart,
"My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth."
18 (Pr 10:22; Hos 2:8) But you must remember the Lord your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,
so that He may establish His covenant which He swore
to your fathers, as it is today.
19 (Dt 4:26) If you ever forget the Lord your God
and go after other gods and serve them and worship them,
then I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 (Da 9:11-12) Just like the nations which the Lord will
destroy before you, so shall you perish because you would
not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
DEUTERONOMY 9
Not Because of Righteousness
1 (Dt 4:38; 1:28) Hear, O Israel! You are to cross over the Jordan today,
to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities
fortified up to heaven,
2 (Nu 13:22) a great and tall people, the children of the Anakites,
whom you know and of whom you have heard it said,
"Who can stand before the children of Anak?"
3 (Dt 4:24; Jos 3:11) Understand therefore today that the Lord your God
is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He shall destroy
them and shall bring them down before you, so that you drive them out
and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has spoken to you.
4 (Dt 8:17; 12:31) Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God
has driven them out before you,
"On account of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess
this land," but it is because of the wickedness of these nations
the Lord is driving them out before you.
5 (Titus 3:5; Ge 12:7) It is not because of your righteousness
or the uprightness of your heart that you enter to possess their land,
but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God
drives them out before you, and that He may fulfill the word which
the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 (Dt 9:13; 10:16) Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God
is not giving you this good land to possess on account of your
righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
The Golden Calf
7 (Ex 14:11; 16:2) Remember, and do not forget how you provoked
the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that
you departed out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place,
you have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord
was angry enough with you to destroy you.
9 (Ex 34:28; 24:18; 24:12) When I went up into the mountain to receive
the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made
with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
I did not eat bread or drink water.
10 (Ex 31:18; Dt 10:4) The Lord delivered to me two tablets of stone,
written with the finger of God, and on them was written all the words
which the Lord spoke to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly.
11 (Dt 9:9) At the end of forty days and forty nights,
the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 (Ex 32:7-8; Jdg 2:17) Then the Lord said to me,
"Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought
out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They are quickly turned aside
from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molded image
for themselves.â€"
13 (Dt 9:6; 10:16) Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying,
"I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stubborn people.
14 (Dt 29:20; Ps 9:5) Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them
and blot out their name from under heaven,
and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."
15 (Ex 19:18; Dt 4:11) So I returned and came down from the mount,
and the mount burned with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant
were in my two hands.
16 (Ex 32:19) I looked, and indeed, you had sinned against the Lord
your God and had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly
turned aside out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands
and broke them before your eyes.
18 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9) I fell down before the Lord, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water
because of all your sins which you committed, doing what was wicked
in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.
19 (Dt 10:10; Ex 32:14) For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure
with which the Lord was wrathful against you to destroy you.
But the Lord listened to me at that time also.
20 The Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him,
so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.
21 (Ex 32:20) I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it
with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small until it was as small
as dust. Then I threw the dust into the brook that descended down from
the mountain.
22 (Ex 17:7; Nu 11:34) Also at Taberah and at Massah
and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.
23 (Ps 106:24-25) Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea,
saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,"
then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God,
and you did not believe Him or listen to His voice.
24 (Dt 31:27) You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day
I knew you.
25 (Dt 9:18) So I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights;
I fell down because the Lord had said He would destroy you.
26 (Ex 32:11-13) I prayed therefore to the Lord, and said,
"O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance,
which You have redeemed through Your greatness, which You have brought
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness
or their sin.
28 (Nu 14:16) Otherwise, the land from which You brought us may say,
'Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which
He promised them and because He hated them, He has brought them out
to slay them in the wilderness.'
29 (Dt 4:20; Ne 1:10) Yet they are Your people, Your inheritance,
whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your stretched-out arm."
DEUTERONOMY 10
The Second Pair of Tablets
1 (Ex 34:1-2) At that time the Lord said to me, "Cut out for yourself
two tablets of stone like the first and come up to Me onto the mountain
and make an ark of wood for yourself.
2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets
which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark."
3 (Ex 34:4; 25:5) So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets
of stone just like the first and went up onto the mountain
with the two tablets in my hand.
4 (Dt 9:10; Ex 34:28; Dt 18:16) He wrote on the tablets
just like the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord spoke
to you at the mountain out of the midst of the fire
on the day of the assembly, and the Lord gave them to me.
5 (Ex 34:29; 40:20) I turned around and came down from the mountain
and put the tablets in the ark which I had made,
and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.
6 (Nu 33:38) (The children of Israel set out from Beeroth
of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried,
and his son Eleazar ministered in the priest's office in his place.
7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah,
a land of rivers of waters.
8 (Dt 18:5; 21:5) At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi
to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord
to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, to this day.
9 (Dt 18:1-2; Eze 44:28) Therefore, Levi has no portion or inheritance
with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance,
just as the Lord your God promised him.)
10 (Ex 34:28; Dt 9:18-19) As for me, I stayed on the mountain
like the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord
listened to me at that time also. The Lord was not willing to destroy you.
11 (Ex 32:34; 33:1) The Lord said to me, "Arise, take your journey before
the people, so that they may go in and possess the land which I swore
to give to their fathers."
The Essence of the Law
12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,
but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,
and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which
I am commanding you today for your good?
14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong
to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;
and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,
as it is today.
16 (Dt 9:6; Jer 4:4) Therefore, circumcise your heart,
and do not be stubborn anymore.
17 (Jos 22:22; Da 2:47) For the Lord your God is the God of gods
and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God
who is unbiased and takes no bribe.
18 (Ps 68:5; 146:9) He executes the judgment of the orphan
and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 (Ex 22:21; Lev 19:33-34) Therefore, love the foreigner,
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
20 (Dt 13:4; 6:13; 11:22) You must fear the Lord your God.
You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.
21 (Jer 17:14; Ps 106:21-22) He is your praise, and He is your God,
who has done for you these great and fearsome things which your eyes
have seen.
22 (Ge 15:5; 46:27) Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy people,
and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
2) Our Daily Bread for 13 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/14/storms-of-fear
entitled Storms of Fear
Mark 4:35-41
The Calming of a Storm
Mt 8:23–27; Lk 8:22–25
35 (Mt 8:18; Lk 8:22) That same day, when the evening came, He said to them,
"Let us go cross to the other side."
36 (Mk 3:9; 4:1) When they had sent the crowd away, they took Him in the boat
just as He was. There were also other little boats with Him.
37 A great wind storm arose, and the waves splashed into the boat,
so that it was now filling the boat.
38 He was in the stern asleep on a pillow.
They woke Him and said, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
39 (Job 38:11; Ps 89:9) He rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
"Peace, be still!" Then the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 (Mt 14:31; Lk 8:25) He said to them,
"Why are you so fearful? How is that you have no faith?"
41 They feared greatly and said to one another,
"What kind of Man is He, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"
In a TV commercial I saw recently, a woman casually asks someone
in a group watching TV, "What are you searching for, Mark?"
"A version of myself that doesn’t make decisions based on fear,"
he responds soberly—not realizing that she was just asking
what he liked to watch on TV!
Whoa, I thought. I wasn’t expecting a TV commercial to hit me
so profoundly! But I related to poor Mark: I too feel embarrassed
by the way fear sometimes seems to direct my life.
Jesus’ disciples also experienced the profound power of fear.
Once, as they headed across the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35),
"a furious squall came up" (v. 37). Terror gripped them,
and they suggested that Jesus (who'd been sleeping!)
might not care about them:
"Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?" (v. 38).
Fear distorted the disciples' vision, blinding them
to Jesus' good intentions for them. After He rebuked
the wind and waves (v. 39), Christ confronted the disciples
with two penetrating questions:
"Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" (v. 40).
Storms rage in our lives as well, don’t they?
But Jesus' questions can help us put our fears in perspective.
His first question invites us to name our fears.
The second invites us to entrust those distorted feelings
to Him—asking Him for eyes to see how He guides us even through
life's most raging storms.
By: Adam R. Holz
Reflect & Pray
What storms are you facing right now?
How can you entrust your fears and emotions
to Jesus when the winds blow and the waters rise?
Loving Savior, thank You that You're always present in the storm.
As I move through life’s scary moments, help me each day to talk
to You and entrust You with my fears.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and
forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone,
even as Christ forgave you,
so you must do.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgiveable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention
not on the offender,
but on Christ, who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
HOw can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Proverbs 28:13
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
Prov 15:1
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 25:28
28 He who has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down and without walls.4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Ps 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season;
its leaf will not wither,
and whatever he does will prosper.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Angry of Vengeful
James 1:19-25
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, and slow to anger, 20 for the anger of man does not work
the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining
wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able
to save your souls.
22 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man
viewing his natural face in a mirror. 24 He views himself, and goes his way,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into
the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it,
and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,
this man will be blessed in his deeds.
The Lord's Prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
14th Day of the Month
a) Pray for God's kingdom to come
in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,
and in our nation ( Matt 6:10)
b) Pray for those who server with
denominations and Christian organisations
in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and remember what to do with treasure.
Pray to the Lord and remember his mercy.
Pray to the Lord to carry you through the storms of Life.
Pray to the Lord to seek forgiveness in your life.
Pray to the Lord to lay a good foundation in your life.
Pray to the Lord to be not have any anger in you and to remember Him.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray your country and church to come close to Christ.
Repent of and turn away from your sins
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.
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