Day 80 - 21 Mar 2021 reflections
Day 80, 21 Mar 2021
Top At calvarycommunity.ca we discuss the forgiveness
of Joseph towards his brothers at the Death of Jacob/Israel.
He was very forgiving as he said What you did for Evil
God did for good - no recrimination.
Deuteronomy 30-31
DEUTERONOMY 30
The Promise of Restoration
1 (Dt 30:15; 30:19) When all these things happen to you, the blessing
and the curse, which I have set before you, and you remember them among
all the nations, where the Lord your God has driven you,
2 (Ne 1:9; Joel 2:12-13) then you must return to the Lord your God and obey
His voice according to all that I am commanding you today, you
and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul.
3 (Ps 147:2; Jer 29:14) Then the Lord your God will overturn your captivity
and have compassion on you and will return and gather you
from all the nations, where the Lord your God has scattered you.
4 (Ne 1:9; Dt 28:64) If any of you are driven out to the outmost parts
of heaven, from there will the Lord your God gather you,
and from there He will get you.
5 The Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers
possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply
you more than your fathers.
6 (Dt 10:16; Jer 32:39; Dt 6:5) The Lord your God will circumcise
your heart and the heart of your descendants to love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
7 The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on them
who hate you, who persecuted you. 8You will return and obey the voice
of the Lord, and obey all His commandments which I am commanding you today.
9 (Jer 32:41; Dt 28:63) The Lord your God will make you prosper in every work
of your hand, in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring
of your livestock, and in the produce of your land, for good.
For the Lord will once again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced
over your fathers, 10if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, by keeping
His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law,
and if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul.
The Choice of Life or Death
11 (Isa 45:19) This commandment which I am commanding you
today is not hidden from you, nor is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will go up for us to heaven
and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?"
13 It is not beyond the sea, so that you should say,
"Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us,
so that we may hear it and do it?"
14 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth,
and in your heart, so that you may do it.
15 (Dt 11:26; 30:19) See, today I have set before you life and prosperity,
and death and disaster.
16 (Dt 30:6) What I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes
and His judgments, so that you may live and multiply. Then the Lord
your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away, so that you do not obey,
but are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
18 then I declare to you today that you will surely perish
and that you will not prolong your days in the land which
you are crossing the Jordan to go in and possess.
19 (Dt 4:26; 30:1) I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you
this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
20 (Dt 10:20; Ps 27:1) that you may love the Lord your God, that you may
obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life
and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land
that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give them.
DEUTERONOMY 31
Joshua to Succeed Moses
1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
2 (Dt 34:7; Nu 27:17; 1Ki 3:7) He said to them,
"I am 120 old today. I can no longer come and go.
Also, the Lord has said to me, 'You may not cross over the Jordan.'
3 (Dt 9:3; 3:28) The Lord your God will cross over before you.
He will destroy these nations before you, you will possess them,
and Joshua will cross over before you, just as the Lord has said.
4 (Dt 2:33) The Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and to Og,
the kings of the AmoÂrites, and to their land, which He destroyed.
5 (Dt 7:2) The Lord will give them up before you, so that you may
do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.
6 (Jos 10:25; 1Ch 22:13) Be strong and of a good courage. Fear not,
nor be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, it is He who goes with you.
He will not fail you, nor forsake you."
7 (Dt 3:28; 1:38; 31:6) Moses called to Joshua, and said to him
in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage,
for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord
has sworn to their fathers to give them,
and you will enable them to inherit it.
8 (Ex 33:14; Dt 31:6) The Lord, He goes before you. He will be with you.
He will not fail you nor forsake you. Do not fear, nor be dismayed."
9 (Nu 4:15; Jos 3:3) Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests,
the sons of Levi who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and to all the elders of Israel.
10 (Dt 15:1-2) Moses commanded them, saying,
"At the end of every seven years, at the time
of the year of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 (2Ki 23:2; Jos 8:34-35) when all Israel has come to appear before
the Lord your God in the place which He will choose, you must read
this law before all Israel in their hearing.
12 (Dt 4:10) Gather the people together, men, women, children,
and your foreigner who is within your towns, so that they may hear
and learn and fear the Lord your God,
and observe to do all the words of this law.
13 (Dt 11:2) Their children, who have not known it, may hear
and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the
land which you cross the Jordan to possess."
Prediction of Israel's Rebellion
14 (Nu 27:13; Dt 31:23) The Lord said to Moses, "Indeed, your days draw
near when you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves
in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him."
So Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
15 The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud,
and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the tent.
16 (Jdg 2:12; 10:6) The Lord said to Moses, "You are about to lie down
with your fathers, and this people will rise up and begin to prostitute
themselves after the gods of the foreigners of the land,
where they are going to be among them, and will forsake Me
and break My covenant which I have made with them.
17 (Nu 14:42; Jdg 6:13) Then My anger will burn against them on that day,
and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them,
and they will be devoured, and many disasters
and troubles will befall them, so that they will say in that day,
'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not among us?'
18 And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil things which
they shall have done, in that they turned to other gods.
19 (Dt 6:7; 31:21-22) "Now therefore write yourself this song
and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it on their mouths,
so that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
20 (Ne 9:25-26; Dt 6:10-12) For when I have brought them into the land
which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey,
and they have eaten, and filled themselves, and become fat,
then they will turn to other gods, and serve them,
and provoke Me, and break My covenant.
21 (Hos 5:3; Jn 2:24-25) Then when many disasters and troubles have fallen
on them, this song will testify against them as a witness, for it must not be
forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. For I know their intention
which they are developing even now,
before I have brought them into the land which I promised."
22 (Dt 31:19) Therefore, ÂMoses wrote this song the same day, and taught
it to the children of Israel.
23 (Dt 31:7-8; 31:14) He gave Joshua, the son of Nun, an exhortation,
and said, "Be strong and of a good courage,
for you will bring the children of Israel into the land
which I swore to them, and I will be with you."
24 (Dt 31:9) When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book,
until they were completed,
25 then Moses commanded the Levites,
who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
26 (Dt 31:19) "Take this Book of the Law, and put it inside the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there for a witness
against you.
27 (Dt 9:24; 32:20) For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck.
Even now, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious
against the Lord. How much more after my death?
28 (Dt 4:26; 32:1) Gather to me all the elders of your tribes,
and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing
and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29 (Jdg 2:19; Ge 49:1) For I know that after my death you will utterly
corrupt yourselves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded
you, and disaster will befall you in the latter days,
because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger
through the work of your hands."
The Song of Moses
30 Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished,
in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel:
2) Our Daily Bread for 21 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/21/god-at-work
entitled God At Work
Matthew 27:50-54
50 (Jn 19:30; Mk 15:37) And Jesus, when He had cried out again
with a loud voice, released His spirit.
51 (Mk 15:38; Ex 26:31–37 )At that moment the curtain of the temple
was torn in two, from the top to the bottom. And the ground shook,
and the rocks split apart.
52 (1Co 15:20; 1Th 4:14) The graves also were opened,
and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,
53 (Mt 4:5) and coming out of the graves after His resurrection,
they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.
54 (Mt 27:36; 27:43) When the centurion and those with him,
keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place,
they feared greatly and said, "Truly He was the Son of God!"
"God is crying" Those were the word whispered by Bill Haley's 10-year-old
daughter as she stood in the rain with a group of multiethnic believers
in Jesus. They had come to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to seek God
and make sense of the legacy of racial discord in America. As they stood
on the grounds where former slaves were buried, they joined hands
in prayer. Then suddenly the wind began to blow, and it started to rain.
As the leader called out for racial healing, the rain began to fall
even harder. Those gethered believed that God was at work to bring
reconciliation and forgiveness.
Abd so it was at Calvary - God was at work. After the crucifed Jesus breathed
his last, "the ground shook, and the rocks split apart.
The graves also were opened, " (Matthew 27:51-52) . Though some had denied
who Jesus was, a centurion assigned to guard Him had come to a
different conclusion: "When the centurion and those with him,
keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place,
they feared greatly and said, 'Truly He was the Son of God!'"(v 54).
In the death of Jesus, God was at work providing forgiveness of sin for
all who believe in Him, "God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them,
" (2 Cor 5:19) And what better way to demonstrate that we'vw been forgiven
by God than to extend forgiveness to each other. - Arthur Jackson
In what ways have you shared the forgiveness you've received fron God with
others, even those who are differnt from you? If you haven't received
forgiveness from God through the death of Jesus, what's keeping you
from doing so today?
Father , thank You for loving the world so much that you sent Jesus
so I can be forgiven. Help me to demonstrate forgiveness toward others
by the way I live.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions arew any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" cluase onton the end of our prayers. We eed to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Chirst. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to sahre God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.
Application
a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?
b) What changes need to take place in my life so that I might pray with greater power?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Malachi 3:10-12
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,
that there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be
a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Matt 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth
and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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
21st Day of the Month
a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make god honouring decisions
(
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life
in all godliness and honesty,
)
b) Pray that those whoserve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Pray to the Lord to search His Blessings of Submission.
Pray to the Lord that your prayers are effective
Pray to the Lord to test your giving as in Malachi 3 and to store treasure
in Heaven.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray to the Lord that the educational system will be Godly.
Pray to the Lord that law enforcement will be effective.
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.
Top At calvarycommunity.ca we discuss the forgiveness
of Joseph towards his brothers at the Death of Jacob/Israel.
He was very forgiving as he said What you did for Evil
God did for good - no recrimination.
Deuteronomy 30-31
DEUTERONOMY 30
The Promise of Restoration
1 (Dt 30:15; 30:19) When all these things happen to you, the blessing
and the curse, which I have set before you, and you remember them among
all the nations, where the Lord your God has driven you,
2 (Ne 1:9; Joel 2:12-13) then you must return to the Lord your God and obey
His voice according to all that I am commanding you today, you
and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul.
3 (Ps 147:2; Jer 29:14) Then the Lord your God will overturn your captivity
and have compassion on you and will return and gather you
from all the nations, where the Lord your God has scattered you.
4 (Ne 1:9; Dt 28:64) If any of you are driven out to the outmost parts
of heaven, from there will the Lord your God gather you,
and from there He will get you.
5 The Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers
possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply
you more than your fathers.
6 (Dt 10:16; Jer 32:39; Dt 6:5) The Lord your God will circumcise
your heart and the heart of your descendants to love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
7 The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on them
who hate you, who persecuted you. 8You will return and obey the voice
of the Lord, and obey all His commandments which I am commanding you today.
9 (Jer 32:41; Dt 28:63) The Lord your God will make you prosper in every work
of your hand, in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring
of your livestock, and in the produce of your land, for good.
For the Lord will once again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced
over your fathers, 10if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, by keeping
His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law,
and if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul.
The Choice of Life or Death
11 (Isa 45:19) This commandment which I am commanding you
today is not hidden from you, nor is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will go up for us to heaven
and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?"
13 It is not beyond the sea, so that you should say,
"Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us,
so that we may hear it and do it?"
14 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth,
and in your heart, so that you may do it.
15 (Dt 11:26; 30:19) See, today I have set before you life and prosperity,
and death and disaster.
16 (Dt 30:6) What I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God,
to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes
and His judgments, so that you may live and multiply. Then the Lord
your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away, so that you do not obey,
but are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
18 then I declare to you today that you will surely perish
and that you will not prolong your days in the land which
you are crossing the Jordan to go in and possess.
19 (Dt 4:26; 30:1) I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you
this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
20 (Dt 10:20; Ps 27:1) that you may love the Lord your God, that you may
obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life
and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land
that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
to give them.
DEUTERONOMY 31
Joshua to Succeed Moses
1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
2 (Dt 34:7; Nu 27:17; 1Ki 3:7) He said to them,
"I am 120 old today. I can no longer come and go.
Also, the Lord has said to me, 'You may not cross over the Jordan.'
3 (Dt 9:3; 3:28) The Lord your God will cross over before you.
He will destroy these nations before you, you will possess them,
and Joshua will cross over before you, just as the Lord has said.
4 (Dt 2:33) The Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and to Og,
the kings of the AmoÂrites, and to their land, which He destroyed.
5 (Dt 7:2) The Lord will give them up before you, so that you may
do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.
6 (Jos 10:25; 1Ch 22:13) Be strong and of a good courage. Fear not,
nor be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, it is He who goes with you.
He will not fail you, nor forsake you."
7 (Dt 3:28; 1:38; 31:6) Moses called to Joshua, and said to him
in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage,
for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord
has sworn to their fathers to give them,
and you will enable them to inherit it.
8 (Ex 33:14; Dt 31:6) The Lord, He goes before you. He will be with you.
He will not fail you nor forsake you. Do not fear, nor be dismayed."
9 (Nu 4:15; Jos 3:3) Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests,
the sons of Levi who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and to all the elders of Israel.
10 (Dt 15:1-2) Moses commanded them, saying,
"At the end of every seven years, at the time
of the year of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 (2Ki 23:2; Jos 8:34-35) when all Israel has come to appear before
the Lord your God in the place which He will choose, you must read
this law before all Israel in their hearing.
12 (Dt 4:10) Gather the people together, men, women, children,
and your foreigner who is within your towns, so that they may hear
and learn and fear the Lord your God,
and observe to do all the words of this law.
13 (Dt 11:2) Their children, who have not known it, may hear
and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the
land which you cross the Jordan to possess."
Prediction of Israel's Rebellion
14 (Nu 27:13; Dt 31:23) The Lord said to Moses, "Indeed, your days draw
near when you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves
in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him."
So Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
15 The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud,
and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the tent.
16 (Jdg 2:12; 10:6) The Lord said to Moses, "You are about to lie down
with your fathers, and this people will rise up and begin to prostitute
themselves after the gods of the foreigners of the land,
where they are going to be among them, and will forsake Me
and break My covenant which I have made with them.
17 (Nu 14:42; Jdg 6:13) Then My anger will burn against them on that day,
and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them,
and they will be devoured, and many disasters
and troubles will befall them, so that they will say in that day,
'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not among us?'
18 And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil things which
they shall have done, in that they turned to other gods.
19 (Dt 6:7; 31:21-22) "Now therefore write yourself this song
and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it on their mouths,
so that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.
20 (Ne 9:25-26; Dt 6:10-12) For when I have brought them into the land
which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey,
and they have eaten, and filled themselves, and become fat,
then they will turn to other gods, and serve them,
and provoke Me, and break My covenant.
21 (Hos 5:3; Jn 2:24-25) Then when many disasters and troubles have fallen
on them, this song will testify against them as a witness, for it must not be
forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. For I know their intention
which they are developing even now,
before I have brought them into the land which I promised."
22 (Dt 31:19) Therefore, ÂMoses wrote this song the same day, and taught
it to the children of Israel.
23 (Dt 31:7-8; 31:14) He gave Joshua, the son of Nun, an exhortation,
and said, "Be strong and of a good courage,
for you will bring the children of Israel into the land
which I swore to them, and I will be with you."
24 (Dt 31:9) When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book,
until they were completed,
25 then Moses commanded the Levites,
who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
26 (Dt 31:19) "Take this Book of the Law, and put it inside the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there for a witness
against you.
27 (Dt 9:24; 32:20) For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck.
Even now, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious
against the Lord. How much more after my death?
28 (Dt 4:26; 32:1) Gather to me all the elders of your tribes,
and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing
and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29 (Jdg 2:19; Ge 49:1) For I know that after my death you will utterly
corrupt yourselves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded
you, and disaster will befall you in the latter days,
because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger
through the work of your hands."
The Song of Moses
30 Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished,
in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel:
2) Our Daily Bread for 21 Mar 2021
https://odb.org/CA/2021/03/21/god-at-work
entitled God At Work
Matthew 27:50-54
50 (Jn 19:30; Mk 15:37) And Jesus, when He had cried out again
with a loud voice, released His spirit.
51 (Mk 15:38; Ex 26:31–37 )At that moment the curtain of the temple
was torn in two, from the top to the bottom. And the ground shook,
and the rocks split apart.
52 (1Co 15:20; 1Th 4:14) The graves also were opened,
and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,
53 (Mt 4:5) and coming out of the graves after His resurrection,
they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.
54 (Mt 27:36; 27:43) When the centurion and those with him,
keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place,
they feared greatly and said, "Truly He was the Son of God!"
"God is crying" Those were the word whispered by Bill Haley's 10-year-old
daughter as she stood in the rain with a group of multiethnic believers
in Jesus. They had come to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to seek God
and make sense of the legacy of racial discord in America. As they stood
on the grounds where former slaves were buried, they joined hands
in prayer. Then suddenly the wind began to blow, and it started to rain.
As the leader called out for racial healing, the rain began to fall
even harder. Those gethered believed that God was at work to bring
reconciliation and forgiveness.
Abd so it was at Calvary - God was at work. After the crucifed Jesus breathed
his last, "the ground shook, and the rocks split apart.
The graves also were opened, " (Matthew 27:51-52) . Though some had denied
who Jesus was, a centurion assigned to guard Him had come to a
different conclusion: "When the centurion and those with him,
keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place,
they feared greatly and said, 'Truly He was the Son of God!'"(v 54).
In the death of Jesus, God was at work providing forgiveness of sin for
all who believe in Him, "God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them,
" (2 Cor 5:19) And what better way to demonstrate that we'vw been forgiven
by God than to extend forgiveness to each other. - Arthur Jackson
In what ways have you shared the forgiveness you've received fron God with
others, even those who are differnt from you? If you haven't received
forgiveness from God through the death of Jesus, what's keeping you
from doing so today?
Father , thank You for loving the world so much that you sent Jesus
so I can be forgiven. Help me to demonstrate forgiveness toward others
by the way I live.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions arew any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" cluase onton the end of our prayers. We eed to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Chirst. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to sahre God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.
Application
a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?
b) What changes need to take place in my life so that I might pray with greater power?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Malachi 3:10-12
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this, says the Lord of Hosts, if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing,
that there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
and the vines in your field will not fail to bear fruit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
12 Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be
a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Worried Over Money
Matt 6:19-21
Treasures in Heaven
Lk 12:33–34
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth
and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up
for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy
and where thieves do not break in nor steal, 21 for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
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
21st Day of the Month
a) Pray for the leaders our educational system, that they would
have wisdom and make god honouring decisions
(
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make
supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life
in all godliness and honesty,
)
b) Pray that those whoserve in law enforcement will have the resources
they need and the vigilance their work requires.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Pray to the Lord to search His Blessings of Submission.
Pray to the Lord that your prayers are effective
Pray to the Lord to test your giving as in Malachi 3 and to store treasure
in Heaven.
Pray for Muslims in Saskatchewan to receive Christ as Saviour .
Pray to the Lord that the educational system will be Godly.
Pray to the Lord that law enforcement will be effective.
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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