Day 60 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 1 Mar 2022 reflections
Day 60, 1 Mar 2022
1) Numbers 14-15
NUMBERS 14
Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan
1 And the whole assembly lifted up their voices and cried,
and the people wept that night.
2 (Ex 15:24; 17:3) All the children of Israel grumbled against Moses
and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them,
"O that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died
in this wilderness!
3 And why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword,
that our wives and our children should become prey?
Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?"
4 (Dt 17:16; Ac 7:39) And they said one to another,
"Let us select a leader, and let us return to Egypt."
5 (Nu 16:4; 16:22) Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
6 (Nu 13:6; 13:8) Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
from the ones who explored the land, tore their clothes.
7 (Nu 13:27; Dt 1:25) And they spoke to all the assembly
of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through
to explore it is a very, very good land.
8 (Dt 10:15; Nu 13:27) If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us
into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
9 (Dt 7:18; 9:23-24) Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people
of the land because they are bread for us. Their defense is gone from them,
and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them."
10 (Ex 17:4; Lev 9:23) But all the assembly said, "Stone them with stones."
And the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting
before all the children of Israel.
11 (Ps 106:24; 78:22) The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people
disgrace Me? And how long will they not believe Me, in spite of all the signs
which I have done among them?
12 (Ex 32:10) I will strike them
with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make from you
a nation greater and mightier than they."
Moses Intercedes for the People
13 (Ps 106:23; Dt 32:27) Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will
hear of it, for by Your power You brought this people up from among them,
14 (Ex 15:14; Ge 32:30) and they will say to the inhabitants of this land
that they heard that You, Lord, are among this people, that You, Lord,
are seen face to face, and Your cloud stands over them,
and in the pillar of cloud You go before them by day
and by a pillar of fire at night.
15 Now if You kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have
heard the fame of You will speak, saying,
16 (Dt 9:28; Jos 7:9) 'The Lord was not able to bring this people
into the land which He swore to them,
so He slaughtered them in the wilderness.'
17 "So now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great,
just as You have spoken, saying,
18 (Ex 20:5; 34:6-7; Ps 145:8) 'The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression;
but He will by no means clear the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third
and fourth generation.'
19 (Ex 34:9; Ps 78:38) Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray,
according to the greatness of Your grace, just as You have pardoned
this people, from Egypt even until now."
20 The Lord said, "I have forgiven according to your word.
21 (Hab 2:14; Dt 32:40) But truly as I live, all the earth will be
filled with the glory of the Lord.
22 (Ge 31:7; Ex 17:2) Because all those men seeing My glory
and My signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness,
and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not listened to My voice,
23 (Nu 32:11; 26:64) surely they will not see the land which I swore
to their fathers, nor will any of them who disgraced Me see it.
24 (Nu 14:6-9; 26:65) But My servant Caleb, because he had a different
spirit with him and followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land
where he went, and his seed will possess it.
25 (Nu 13:29; Dt 1:40) Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
lived in the valley. Tomorrow you will turn, and you will
set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea."
Death of Rebels Predicted
26 The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
27 (Ex 16:12) How long will this evil assembly be murmuring against Me?
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur
against Me.
28 (Nu 14:21; 14:23) Say to them, "As I live," says the Lord,
"just as you have spoken in My ears, so I will do to you.
29 (Nu 1:45; Heb 3:17) In this wilderness your corpses will fall,
and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me,
30 (Ge 14:22; Nu 14:38) you will not go into the land
which I swore by My hand to cause you to dwell in it,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 (Ps 106:24; Dt 1:39) But your children, whom you said would be a prey,
I will bring them in and they will know the land, which you rejected.
32 (1Co 10:5; Nu 14:29) But as for you,
your corpses will fall in this wilderness.
33 (Nu 32:13; Dt 2:14) Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness
forty years, and they will suffer for your fornications, until
your corpses are in the wilderness.
34 (Nu 13:25; Eze 4:6) According to the number of the days in which
you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day you will
bear your iniquity, forty years, and you will know My displeasure."
35 (Nu 23:19) I the Lord have spoken. I will surely do this to all
this evil assembly gathered against Me. In this wilderness they will
be finished, and there they will die.
36 The men whom Moses sent to explore the land, who returned
and made all the assembly murmur against him by bringing up
an evil report about the land,
37 (1Co 10:10; Nu 16:49) the men who brought an evil report
about the land, died by the pestilence before the Lord.
38 (Nu 26:65) But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
from the men that went to explore the land, lived.
Defeat in Battle
39 (Ex 33:4) Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel,
and the people mourned greatly.
40 (Dt 1:41) They rose up early in the morning, and they went up to the top
of the mountain, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place which the
Lord has promised, for we have sinned."
41 (2Ch 24:20) Moses said, "Why do you now transgress the commandment
of the Lord? This will not prosper.
42 (Dt 1:42) Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you; do not let
yourselves be defeated by your enemies.
43 (Nu 13:29; 14:25) For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there
before you, and you will fall by the sword because you are turned
from the Lord, and the Lord will not be with you."
44 (Dt 1:43) But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain.
But the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses did not depart
from the midst of the camp.
45 (Nu 21:3; Dt 1:44) Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites
who dwelt on that mountain went down and defeated them,
pursuing them as far as Hormah.
Numbers 14
[1] And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night.
[2] And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron:
and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the
land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
[3] And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better
for us to return into Egypt?
[4] And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return
into Egypt.
[5] Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of Israel.
[6] And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of
them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
[7] And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying,
The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
[8] If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
[9] Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and
the LORD is with us: fear them not.
[10] But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of
the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the
children of Israel.
[11] And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and
how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have
shewed among them?
[12] I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will
make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
[13] And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for
thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
[14] And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have
heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to
face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before
them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
[15] Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
[16] Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which
he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
[17] And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according
as thou hast spoken, saying,
[18] The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
[19] Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt
even until now.
[20] And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
[21] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of
the LORD.
[22] Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which
I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten
times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
[23] Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
[24] But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath
followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his
seed shall possess it.
[25] (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow
turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[27] How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against
me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur
against me.
[28] Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in
mine ears, so will I do to you:
[29] Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered
of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward,
which have murmured against me,
[30] Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to
make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun.
[31] But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring
in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
[32] But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
[33] And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear
your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
[34] After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty
days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years,
and ye shall know my breach of promise.
[35] I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil
congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they
shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
[36] And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and
made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land,
[37] Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by
the plague before the LORD.
[38] But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
[39] And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the
people mourned greatly.
[40] And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of
the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which
the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
[41] And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the
LORD? but it shall not prosper.
[42] Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before
your enemies.
[43] For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore
the LORD will not be with you.
[44] But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
[45] Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that
hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
(Rewards for whining and disbelieving)
NUMBERS 15
Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 23:10; Nu 15:18) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land of your dwelling, which I am giving to you,
3 (Ex 29:18; Ge 8:21; Nu 28:27) when you make an offering by fire
to the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or as a freewill offering, or in your appointed feasts,
to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord, of the herd or of the flock,
4 (Ex 29:40; Lev 23:13) then he who brings his offering to the Lord
will bring a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah
(About 1,500 feet, or 450 meters.)
of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin
(About 1 quart, or 1 liter; and in v. 5.) of oil.
5 (Nu 28:7; 28:14) One-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering
you will prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for each lamb.
6 Or for a ram, you will make a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms.) of flour mixed
with one-third of a hin (About 1 1/3 quarts, or 1.3 liters; and in v. 7.)
of oil. 7 As a drink offering you will offer one-third of a hin of wine,
as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
8 (Lev 3:1) When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice
in performing a vow, or as a peace offering to the Lord,
9 (Lev 6:14; 14:10) then shall be brought with the bull
a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 11 pounds, or 5 kilograms.)
of flour mixed with one-half a hin
(About 2 quarts, or 1.9 liters; and in v. 10.)
of oil.
10 You will bring as a drink offering one-half a hin of wine,
as a fire offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
11 (Thus it will be done for one herd animal, or for one ram,
or for a flock animal, whether from the sheep or from the goats.
12 According to the number that you will make,
so you will do for every one according to their number.
13 Every native Israelite will do these things in this manner,
in offering a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
14 (A foreigner who lives with you, or who resides among you
throughout your generations, and would present a fire offering,
a pleasing aroma to the Lord, shall do as you do.
15 (Nu 9:14; 15:29) One ordinance will be for you of the assembly
and for the foreigner who lives with you, an ordinance forever
throughout your generations. As you are, so will the foreigner
be before the Lord.
16 One law and one justice will be for you
and for the foreigner who lives with you.
17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Nu 15:2) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land where I bring you,
19 (Jos 5:11-12) then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land
you will offer up an offering to the Lord.
20 (Lev 2:14; Ex 23:19) From the first of your dough you will offer
a cake as an offering. As you make the offering of the threshing floor,
so will you offer it.
21 Of the first of your dough you will give to the Lord an offering
throughout your generations.
Laws About Unintentional Sins
22 (Lev 4:2) If you have erred and not observed all these commandments
which the Lord has spoken to Moses,
23 even all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses,
from the day that the Lord commanded Moses
and onward through your generations,
24 (Lev 4:23; Nu 28:15) then it will be, if it is committed by ignorance
without the knowledge of the assembly, that all the assembly will offer
one young bull as a burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord,
with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule,
and one kid of the goats as a sin offering.
25 (Lev 4:20; Ro 3:25) The priest will make atonement for all the assembly
of the children of Israel, and it will be forgiven them
because it is ignorance, and they will bring their offering,
a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord,
for their ignorance.
26 And it will be forgiven all the assembly of the children of Israel
and the foreigner who lives among them,
because all the people were in ignorance.
27 (Lev 4:27-28) If a person sins unintentionally, then he will bring
a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
28 (Lev 4:35) The priest will make an atonement for the person who sins
unintentionally, when he sins by ignorance before the Lord, to make
an atonement for him; and it will be forgiven him.
29 (Nu 15:15) You shall have one law for the person who acts through
ignorance, for the natural-born citizen among the children of Israel
and foreigner who lives in your midst.
Laws About Intentional Sins
30 (Dt 1:43; Ps 19:13) But the person who acts by a high hand,
the natural-born citizen or the foreigner, the same reviles the Lord,
and that person will be cut off from among his people.
31 (2Sa 12:9; Pr 13:13) Because he has despised the word of the Lord
and has broken His commandment, that person will be totally cut off.
His iniquity will be on him.
The Sabbath-Breaker Executed
32 (Ex 35:2-3) While the children of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath day.
33 The ones who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses
and Aaron and to all the assembly.
34 (Lev 24:12) They put him in confinement because it was not declared
what should be done to him.
35 (Ex 31:14-15; Ac 7:58) The Lord said to Moses, "The man will surely die.
All the assembly will stone him with stones outside the camp."
36 All the assembly brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones,
and he died as the Lord commanded Moses.
Tassels on Garments
37 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
38 (Dt 22:12; Mt 23:5) Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them to make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments
throughout the generations to come, and they will put a ribbon of blue on the
corners of their garments.
39 (Ps 73:27; Eze 6:9) And it will be for you a tassel, and you will see it,
and you will remember all the commandments of the Lord, and you will do them,
and you will not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
40 (Lev 11:44-45; Ro 12:1) So shall you remember and do all My commandments,
and be holy to your God.
41 (Lev 22:33) I am the Lord your God who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
[3] And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn
feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
[4] Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of
oil.
[5] And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
[6] Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of
flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
[7] And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of
wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[8] And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
[9] Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals
of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
[10] And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[11] Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,
or a kid.
[12] According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every
one according to their number.
[13] All that are born of the country shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
[14] And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your
generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
[15] One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for
the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
[16] One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land whither I bring you,
[19] Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall
offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
[20] Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye
heave it.
[21] Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave
offering in your generations.
[22] And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which
the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
[23] Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from
the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
[24] Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one
young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with
his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one
kid of the goats for a sin offering.
[25] And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and
they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and
their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
[26] And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people
were in ignorance.
[27] And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat
of the first year for a sin offering.
[28] And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an
atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
[29] Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for
him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
[30] But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the
land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
[31] Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon
him.
[32] And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a
man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
[33] And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
[34] And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be
done to him.
[35] And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all
the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
[36] And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him
with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[37] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[38] Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and
that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
[39] And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
[40] That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your
God.
[41] I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God: I am the LORD your God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 1 March 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/03/01/a-friendly-conversation
entitled A Friendly Conversation
Ephesians 6:18-20
18 (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1; Eph 1:16) Pray in the Spirit always with all kinds
of prayer and supplication. To that end be alert with all perseverance
and supplication for all the saints.
19 (1Th 5:25; Ac 4:29) Pray for me, that the power to speak may be given
to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery
of the gospel,
20 (2Co 5:20; Ac 28:20) for which I am an ambassador in chains,
that I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
[18] Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
[19] And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
[20] For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.
Catherine and I were good friends in high school. When we weren't talking
on the phone, we were passing notes in class to plan our next sleepover.
Sometimes we rode horses together and partnered on school projects.
One Sunday afternoon, I started to think about Catherine. My pastor had
spoken that morning about how to have eternal life, and I knew my friend
didn't believe the Bible's teachings the way I did. I felt a burden
to call her and explain how she could have a relationship with Jesus.
I hesitated, though, because I was afraid she would reject what I said
and distance herself from me.
I think this fear keeps a lot of us quiet. Even the apostle Paul had to
ask people to pray that he would "fearlessly make known the mystery of the
gospel" (Ephesians 6:19). There’s no getting around the risk involved with
sharing the good news, yet Paul said he was "an ambassador"-someone speaking
on behalf of God (v. 20). We are too. If people reject our message, they're
also rejecting the One who sent the message. God experiences the sting along
with us.
So what compels us to speak up? We care about people, like God does (2 Peter
3:9). That's what led me to finally call Catherine. Amazingly, she didn't
shut me down. She listened. She asked questions. She asked Jesus to forgive
her sin and decided to live for Him. The risk was worth the reward.
By: Jennifer Benson Schuldt
Reflect & Pray
Whom might God want you to speak to on His behalf?
What's stopping you? What effect would prayer have on this situation?
Dear Father, give me the courage to reach out
to people who don't know You. Give me wisdom
to know when and how to start conversations about You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
6 being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun
a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stupid, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particularly difficult hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love." (Rev 2)
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in the ongoing process of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:1-2
Blessings for Obedience
1 (Ex 15:26; Lev 26:3–13) Now it will be, if you will diligently
obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all
His commandments which I am commanding you today,
then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2 (Zec 1:6; Dt 28:15) And all these blessings will come on you and overtake
you if you listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all
his commandments which I command thee this day,
that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee,
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Micah 7:18-20
18 (Isa 43:25; Jer 32:41) Who is a God like You,
bearing iniquity and passing over transgression
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not remain angry forever,
because He delights in benevolence.
19 (Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20) He will again have compassion upon us.
He will tread down our iniquities,
and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give faithfulness to Jacob
and benevolence to Abraham,
which you swore to our fathers
from the days of old.
18 Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage?
he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us;
he will subdue our iniquities;
and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob,
and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers
from the days of old.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
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
1st Day of the month
1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada
(
Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream
dreams, and your young men will see visions.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Acts 2:17 "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.
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
And your young men shall see visions,
And your old men shall dream dreams:
)
2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.
1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,
As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord for Him to be your victory.
Pray to the Lord
"Dear Father, give me the courage to reach out
to people who don't know You. Give me wisdom
to know when and how to start conversations about You."
Pray to the Lord and be confident in all the things He will do in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to walk in obedience to Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray for forgiveness of sins.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada.
Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
Pray for the few Christians living in the Kurdish Qamishli area of Syria.
1) Numbers 14-15
NUMBERS 14
Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan
1 And the whole assembly lifted up their voices and cried,
and the people wept that night.
2 (Ex 15:24; 17:3) All the children of Israel grumbled against Moses
and against Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them,
"O that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died
in this wilderness!
3 And why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword,
that our wives and our children should become prey?
Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?"
4 (Dt 17:16; Ac 7:39) And they said one to another,
"Let us select a leader, and let us return to Egypt."
5 (Nu 16:4; 16:22) Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
6 (Nu 13:6; 13:8) Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
from the ones who explored the land, tore their clothes.
7 (Nu 13:27; Dt 1:25) And they spoke to all the assembly
of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through
to explore it is a very, very good land.
8 (Dt 10:15; Nu 13:27) If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us
into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.
9 (Dt 7:18; 9:23-24) Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people
of the land because they are bread for us. Their defense is gone from them,
and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them."
10 (Ex 17:4; Lev 9:23) But all the assembly said, "Stone them with stones."
And the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting
before all the children of Israel.
11 (Ps 106:24; 78:22) The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people
disgrace Me? And how long will they not believe Me, in spite of all the signs
which I have done among them?
12 (Ex 32:10) I will strike them
with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make from you
a nation greater and mightier than they."
Moses Intercedes for the People
13 (Ps 106:23; Dt 32:27) Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will
hear of it, for by Your power You brought this people up from among them,
14 (Ex 15:14; Ge 32:30) and they will say to the inhabitants of this land
that they heard that You, Lord, are among this people, that You, Lord,
are seen face to face, and Your cloud stands over them,
and in the pillar of cloud You go before them by day
and by a pillar of fire at night.
15 Now if You kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have
heard the fame of You will speak, saying,
16 (Dt 9:28; Jos 7:9) 'The Lord was not able to bring this people
into the land which He swore to them,
so He slaughtered them in the wilderness.'
17 "So now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great,
just as You have spoken, saying,
18 (Ex 20:5; 34:6-7; Ps 145:8) 'The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression;
but He will by no means clear the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third
and fourth generation.'
19 (Ex 34:9; Ps 78:38) Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray,
according to the greatness of Your grace, just as You have pardoned
this people, from Egypt even until now."
20 The Lord said, "I have forgiven according to your word.
21 (Hab 2:14; Dt 32:40) But truly as I live, all the earth will be
filled with the glory of the Lord.
22 (Ge 31:7; Ex 17:2) Because all those men seeing My glory
and My signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness,
and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not listened to My voice,
23 (Nu 32:11; 26:64) surely they will not see the land which I swore
to their fathers, nor will any of them who disgraced Me see it.
24 (Nu 14:6-9; 26:65) But My servant Caleb, because he had a different
spirit with him and followed Me fully, I will bring him into the land
where he went, and his seed will possess it.
25 (Nu 13:29; Dt 1:40) Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites
lived in the valley. Tomorrow you will turn, and you will
set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea."
Death of Rebels Predicted
26 The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
27 (Ex 16:12) How long will this evil assembly be murmuring against Me?
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur
against Me.
28 (Nu 14:21; 14:23) Say to them, "As I live," says the Lord,
"just as you have spoken in My ears, so I will do to you.
29 (Nu 1:45; Heb 3:17) In this wilderness your corpses will fall,
and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me,
30 (Ge 14:22; Nu 14:38) you will not go into the land
which I swore by My hand to cause you to dwell in it,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 (Ps 106:24; Dt 1:39) But your children, whom you said would be a prey,
I will bring them in and they will know the land, which you rejected.
32 (1Co 10:5; Nu 14:29) But as for you,
your corpses will fall in this wilderness.
33 (Nu 32:13; Dt 2:14) Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness
forty years, and they will suffer for your fornications, until
your corpses are in the wilderness.
34 (Nu 13:25; Eze 4:6) According to the number of the days in which
you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day you will
bear your iniquity, forty years, and you will know My displeasure."
35 (Nu 23:19) I the Lord have spoken. I will surely do this to all
this evil assembly gathered against Me. In this wilderness they will
be finished, and there they will die.
36 The men whom Moses sent to explore the land, who returned
and made all the assembly murmur against him by bringing up
an evil report about the land,
37 (1Co 10:10; Nu 16:49) the men who brought an evil report
about the land, died by the pestilence before the Lord.
38 (Nu 26:65) But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
from the men that went to explore the land, lived.
Defeat in Battle
39 (Ex 33:4) Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel,
and the people mourned greatly.
40 (Dt 1:41) They rose up early in the morning, and they went up to the top
of the mountain, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place which the
Lord has promised, for we have sinned."
41 (2Ch 24:20) Moses said, "Why do you now transgress the commandment
of the Lord? This will not prosper.
42 (Dt 1:42) Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you; do not let
yourselves be defeated by your enemies.
43 (Nu 13:29; 14:25) For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there
before you, and you will fall by the sword because you are turned
from the Lord, and the Lord will not be with you."
44 (Dt 1:43) But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain.
But the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses did not depart
from the midst of the camp.
45 (Nu 21:3; Dt 1:44) Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites
who dwelt on that mountain went down and defeated them,
pursuing them as far as Hormah.
Numbers 14
[1] And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night.
[2] And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron:
and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the
land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
[3] And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better
for us to return into Egypt?
[4] And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return
into Egypt.
[5] Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of Israel.
[6] And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of
them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
[7] And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying,
The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
[8] If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
[9] Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and
the LORD is with us: fear them not.
[10] But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of
the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the
children of Israel.
[11] And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and
how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have
shewed among them?
[12] I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will
make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
[13] And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for
thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
[14] And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have
heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to
face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before
them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
[15] Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
[16] Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which
he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
[17] And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according
as thou hast spoken, saying,
[18] The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
[19] Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt
even until now.
[20] And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
[21] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of
the LORD.
[22] Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which
I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten
times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
[23] Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
[24] But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath
followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his
seed shall possess it.
[25] (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow
turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
[26] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[27] How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against
me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur
against me.
[28] Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in
mine ears, so will I do to you:
[29] Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered
of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward,
which have murmured against me,
[30] Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to
make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
of Nun.
[31] But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring
in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
[32] But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
[33] And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear
your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
[34] After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty
days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years,
and ye shall know my breach of promise.
[35] I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil
congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they
shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
[36] And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and
made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land,
[37] Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by
the plague before the LORD.
[38] But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
[39] And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the
people mourned greatly.
[40] And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of
the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which
the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
[41] And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the
LORD? but it shall not prosper.
[42] Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before
your enemies.
[43] For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore
the LORD will not be with you.
[44] But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
[45] Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that
hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
(Rewards for whining and disbelieving)
NUMBERS 15
Laws of Grain and Drink Offerings
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 23:10; Nu 15:18) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land of your dwelling, which I am giving to you,
3 (Ex 29:18; Ge 8:21; Nu 28:27) when you make an offering by fire
to the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow,
or as a freewill offering, or in your appointed feasts,
to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord, of the herd or of the flock,
4 (Ex 29:40; Lev 23:13) then he who brings his offering to the Lord
will bring a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah
(About 1,500 feet, or 450 meters.)
of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin
(About 1 quart, or 1 liter; and in v. 5.) of oil.
5 (Nu 28:7; 28:14) One-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering
you will prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for each lamb.
6 Or for a ram, you will make a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms.) of flour mixed
with one-third of a hin (About 1 1/3 quarts, or 1.3 liters; and in v. 7.)
of oil. 7 As a drink offering you will offer one-third of a hin of wine,
as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
8 (Lev 3:1) When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice
in performing a vow, or as a peace offering to the Lord,
9 (Lev 6:14; 14:10) then shall be brought with the bull
a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah
(Likely about 11 pounds, or 5 kilograms.)
of flour mixed with one-half a hin
(About 2 quarts, or 1.9 liters; and in v. 10.)
of oil.
10 You will bring as a drink offering one-half a hin of wine,
as a fire offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
11 (Thus it will be done for one herd animal, or for one ram,
or for a flock animal, whether from the sheep or from the goats.
12 According to the number that you will make,
so you will do for every one according to their number.
13 Every native Israelite will do these things in this manner,
in offering a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
14 (A foreigner who lives with you, or who resides among you
throughout your generations, and would present a fire offering,
a pleasing aroma to the Lord, shall do as you do.
15 (Nu 9:14; 15:29) One ordinance will be for you of the assembly
and for the foreigner who lives with you, an ordinance forever
throughout your generations. As you are, so will the foreigner
be before the Lord.
16 One law and one justice will be for you
and for the foreigner who lives with you.
17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
18 (Nu 15:2) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When you come into the land where I bring you,
19 (Jos 5:11-12) then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land
you will offer up an offering to the Lord.
20 (Lev 2:14; Ex 23:19) From the first of your dough you will offer
a cake as an offering. As you make the offering of the threshing floor,
so will you offer it.
21 Of the first of your dough you will give to the Lord an offering
throughout your generations.
Laws About Unintentional Sins
22 (Lev 4:2) If you have erred and not observed all these commandments
which the Lord has spoken to Moses,
23 even all that the Lord has commanded you by the hand of Moses,
from the day that the Lord commanded Moses
and onward through your generations,
24 (Lev 4:23; Nu 28:15) then it will be, if it is committed by ignorance
without the knowledge of the assembly, that all the assembly will offer
one young bull as a burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord,
with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule,
and one kid of the goats as a sin offering.
25 (Lev 4:20; Ro 3:25) The priest will make atonement for all the assembly
of the children of Israel, and it will be forgiven them
because it is ignorance, and they will bring their offering,
a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord,
for their ignorance.
26 And it will be forgiven all the assembly of the children of Israel
and the foreigner who lives among them,
because all the people were in ignorance.
27 (Lev 4:27-28) If a person sins unintentionally, then he will bring
a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
28 (Lev 4:35) The priest will make an atonement for the person who sins
unintentionally, when he sins by ignorance before the Lord, to make
an atonement for him; and it will be forgiven him.
29 (Nu 15:15) You shall have one law for the person who acts through
ignorance, for the natural-born citizen among the children of Israel
and foreigner who lives in your midst.
Laws About Intentional Sins
30 (Dt 1:43; Ps 19:13) But the person who acts by a high hand,
the natural-born citizen or the foreigner, the same reviles the Lord,
and that person will be cut off from among his people.
31 (2Sa 12:9; Pr 13:13) Because he has despised the word of the Lord
and has broken His commandment, that person will be totally cut off.
His iniquity will be on him.
The Sabbath-Breaker Executed
32 (Ex 35:2-3) While the children of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath day.
33 The ones who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses
and Aaron and to all the assembly.
34 (Lev 24:12) They put him in confinement because it was not declared
what should be done to him.
35 (Ex 31:14-15; Ac 7:58) The Lord said to Moses, "The man will surely die.
All the assembly will stone him with stones outside the camp."
36 All the assembly brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones,
and he died as the Lord commanded Moses.
Tassels on Garments
37 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
38 (Dt 22:12; Mt 23:5) Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them to make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments
throughout the generations to come, and they will put a ribbon of blue on the
corners of their garments.
39 (Ps 73:27; Eze 6:9) And it will be for you a tassel, and you will see it,
and you will remember all the commandments of the Lord, and you will do them,
and you will not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
40 (Lev 11:44-45; Ro 12:1) So shall you remember and do all My commandments,
and be holy to your God.
41 (Lev 22:33) I am the Lord your God who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
[3] And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn
feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
[4] Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of
oil.
[5] And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
[6] Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of
flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
[7] And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of
wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[8] And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
[9] Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals
of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
[10] And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[11] Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,
or a kid.
[12] According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every
one according to their number.
[13] All that are born of the country shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
[14] And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your
generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
[15] One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for
the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
[16] One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land whither I bring you,
[19] Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall
offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
[20] Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye
heave it.
[21] Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave
offering in your generations.
[22] And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which
the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
[23] Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from
the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
[24] Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one
young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with
his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one
kid of the goats for a sin offering.
[25] And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and
they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and
their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
[26] And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people
were in ignorance.
[27] And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat
of the first year for a sin offering.
[28] And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an
atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
[29] Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for
him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
[30] But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the
land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
[31] Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon
him.
[32] And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a
man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
[33] And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
[34] And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be
done to him.
[35] And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all
the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
[36] And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him
with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[37] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[38] Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and
that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
[39] And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
[40] That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your
God.
[41] I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God: I am the LORD your God.
2) Our Daily Bread for 1 March 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/03/01/a-friendly-conversation
entitled A Friendly Conversation
Ephesians 6:18-20
18 (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1; Eph 1:16) Pray in the Spirit always with all kinds
of prayer and supplication. To that end be alert with all perseverance
and supplication for all the saints.
19 (1Th 5:25; Ac 4:29) Pray for me, that the power to speak may be given
to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery
of the gospel,
20 (2Co 5:20; Ac 28:20) for which I am an ambassador in chains,
that I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
[18] Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
[19] And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my
mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
[20] For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.
Catherine and I were good friends in high school. When we weren't talking
on the phone, we were passing notes in class to plan our next sleepover.
Sometimes we rode horses together and partnered on school projects.
One Sunday afternoon, I started to think about Catherine. My pastor had
spoken that morning about how to have eternal life, and I knew my friend
didn't believe the Bible's teachings the way I did. I felt a burden
to call her and explain how she could have a relationship with Jesus.
I hesitated, though, because I was afraid she would reject what I said
and distance herself from me.
I think this fear keeps a lot of us quiet. Even the apostle Paul had to
ask people to pray that he would "fearlessly make known the mystery of the
gospel" (Ephesians 6:19). There’s no getting around the risk involved with
sharing the good news, yet Paul said he was "an ambassador"-someone speaking
on behalf of God (v. 20). We are too. If people reject our message, they're
also rejecting the One who sent the message. God experiences the sting along
with us.
So what compels us to speak up? We care about people, like God does (2 Peter
3:9). That's what led me to finally call Catherine. Amazingly, she didn't
shut me down. She listened. She asked questions. She asked Jesus to forgive
her sin and decided to live for Him. The risk was worth the reward.
By: Jennifer Benson Schuldt
Reflect & Pray
Whom might God want you to speak to on His behalf?
What's stopping you? What effect would prayer have on this situation?
Dear Father, give me the courage to reach out
to people who don't know You. Give me wisdom
to know when and how to start conversations about You.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion
Philippians 1:6
6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,
that He who began a good work in you will perfect it
until the day of Jesus Christ.
6 being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun
a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,
"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but
rarely brings then to completion."
Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes
and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.
Someone tells us that our ideas are stupid, or that we are not capable of
doing what we dream. We get a particularly difficult hurdle and give up.
Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and
believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers
become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense
of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love." (Rev 2)
But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;
he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.
Often we fail to see God's grace in the ongoing process of walking with him
because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see
happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.
"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,
"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God
changed weren't on my list at all!"
When God begins his work in oue lives, he has a plan for our maturity.
He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God
has begun, he will finish.
Application
a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life
needed dealing with?
b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?
c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and
have confidence in the direction of my life?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Deut 28:1-2
Blessings for Obedience
1 (Ex 15:26; Lev 26:3–13) Now it will be, if you will diligently
obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all
His commandments which I am commanding you today,
then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2 (Zec 1:6; Dt 28:15) And all these blessings will come on you and overtake
you if you listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all
his commandments which I command thee this day,
that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee,
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Freeing Forgiveness
Micah 7:18-20
18 (Isa 43:25; Jer 32:41) Who is a God like You,
bearing iniquity and passing over transgression
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not remain angry forever,
because He delights in benevolence.
19 (Isa 38:17; Jer 50:20) He will again have compassion upon us.
He will tread down our iniquities,
and cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give faithfulness to Jacob
and benevolence to Abraham,
which you swore to our fathers
from the days of old.
18 Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage?
he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us;
he will subdue our iniquities;
and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob,
and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers
from the days of old.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Saskatchewan
Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400
est Muslim Population 17279
CNMM Networks: Saskatoon
Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women whowere wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Adding further
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
1st Day of the month
1) Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada
(
Joel 2:28 And it will be that, afterwards,
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream
dreams, and your young men will see visions.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Acts 2:17 "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.
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
And your young men shall see visions,
And your old men shall dream dreams:
)
2) Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
(Prov 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.
1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD,
As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
)
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord for Him to be your victory.
Pray to the Lord
"Dear Father, give me the courage to reach out
to people who don't know You. Give me wisdom
to know when and how to start conversations about You."
Pray to the Lord and be confident in all the things He will do in you.
Pray to the Lord and pray to walk in obedience to Him.
Pray to the Lord and pray for forgiveness of sins.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the
spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon
to spread and grow to other cities.
Pray for an outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on Canada.
Pray that the heart of our Prime Minister
would be directed to do that which pleases God
Pray for the few Christians living in the Kurdish Qamishli area of Syria.
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