Day 77 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 18 Mar 2022 reflections
Day 77, 18 Mar 2022
1) Detueronomy 29:2-31:39
DEUTERONOMY 29
Renewal of the Covenant
2 (Ex 19:4) Moses proclaimed to all Israel, and said to them:
You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt,
to Pharaoh and all his servants and to all his land-
3 the great temptations which your eyes have seen,
those signs and great wonders.
4 (Ac 28:26-27; Isa 6:9-10) Yet to this day the Lord has not given you
a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear.
5 (Dt 8:4; 1:3) I have led you forty years in the wilderness.
Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal
has not worn out on your foot.
6 (Dt 8:3; Eph 5:18) You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine
or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
7 When you came to this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle,
and we defeated them.
8 (Nu 32:33; Dt 3:12-13) We took their land and gave it as an inheritance
to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 (Dt 4:6; Jos 1:7) Therefore, keep the words of this covenant and do them,
so that you may prosper in all you do.
10 Today all of you stand before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes,
your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11 (Ex 12:38) your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners who are
in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws
your water-
12 (2Ch 15:12-15) so that you should enter into a covenant with the Lord
your God, and into His oath, which the Lord your God is making with you today.
13 (Ge 17:7; Ex 6:7) Today He will establish that you are His people
and that He is your God, just as He has said to you and He has sworn
to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,
15 (Ac 2:39) but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord
our God, and with him who is not here with us today
16 (for you know that we lived in the land of Egypt and how we came
through the nations which you passed by,
17 and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood
and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them);
18 (Heb 12:15) lest there be among you a man or woman
or family or tribe whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God
to go and serve the gods of these nations, and lest there be among you
a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit;
19 (Nu 15:30) and it happens that, when he hears the words of this covenant,
he blesses himself in his heart, saying,
"I shall have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,-
thus destroying the watered ground with the dry.
20 (Ps 74:1; Dt 9:14; Ps 79:5) The Lord will not spare him;
rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will smolder
against that man. All the curses that are written in this book
will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
21 The Lord will single him out for disaster out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that are written
in this Book of the Law.
22 The generation to come, your children who will rise up after you
and the foreigner who will come from a far land, when they see
the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
which the Lord has laid on it, will say,
23 (Jer 17:6; Zep 2:9) "The whole land is brimstone and salt,
a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows there,
like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,
which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath."
24 (Jer 22:8-9; 1Ki 9:8-9) All nations will say,
"Why has the Lord done such to this land?
What does the heatedness of this great anger mean?"
25 Then men will say, "Because they have forsaken the covenant
of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when
He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them,
gods which they did not know and which He had not given to them.
27 (Dt 28:15-68; Da 9:11-14) The anger of the Lord burned against this land,
bringing on it all the curses that are written in this book.
28 (2Ch 7:20; 1Ki 14:15) The Lord rooted them out of their land in anger
and in wrath and in great indignation, and threw them into another land,
as it is today."
29 (Ac 1:7; 2Ti 3:16) The secret things belong to the Lord our God,
but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children
forever, so that we may keep all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29
[2] And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
[3] The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
[4] Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
[5] And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
[6] Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
[7] And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
[8] And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
[9] Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
[10] Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
[11] Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
[12] That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into
his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
[13] That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that
he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[14] Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
[15] But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our
God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
[16] (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came
through the nations which ye passed by;
[17] And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone,
silver and gold, which were among them:)
[18] Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood;
[19] And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he
bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the
imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
[20] The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written
in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from
under heaven.
[21] And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
book of the law:
[22] So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath
laid upon it;
[23] And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the
overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD
overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
[24] Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this
land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
[25] Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD
God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt:
[26] For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom
they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
[27] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon
it all the curses that are written in this book:
[28] And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and
in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
[29] The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which
are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all
the words of this law.
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,
10 if 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 30
[1] And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the
blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call
them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven
thee,
[2] And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with
all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
[3] That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion
upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the
LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
[4] If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch
thee:
[5] And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply
thee above thy fathers.
[6] And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy
seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live.
[7] And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and
on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
[8] And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
[9] And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
[10] If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and
if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul.
[11] For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden
from thee, neither is it far off.
[12] It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to
heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[14] But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest do it.
[15] See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
[16] In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in
his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in
the land whither thou goest to possess it.
[17] But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be
drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
[18] I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye
shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan
to go to possess it.
[19] I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may live:
[20] That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his
voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 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 Amorites, 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, Moses 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."
Deuteronomy 31
[1] And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
[2] And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I
can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt
not go over this Jordan.
[3] The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these
nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall
go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
[4] And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of
the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
[5] And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto
them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
[7] And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people
unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and
thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
[8] And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee,
he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
[9] And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of
Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the
elders of Israel.
[10] And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in
the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
[11] When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place
which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their
hearing.
[12] Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this
law:
[13] And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and
learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye
go over Jordan to possess it.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must
die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and
presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[15] And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of
the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will
forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
[17] Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured,
and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that
day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
[18] And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they
shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
[19] Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of
Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel.
[20] For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto
their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods,
and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
[21] And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen
them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall
not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their
imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into
the land which I sware.
[22] Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
[23] And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of
a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
[24] And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of
this law in a book, until they were finished,
[25] That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, saying,
[26] Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against
thee.
[27] For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how
much more after my death?
[28] Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I
may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record
against them.
[29] For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and
turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you
in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
2) Our Daily Bread for 18 March 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/03/18/little-foxes
entitled Little Foxes
Song of Songs 2:3-15
The Woman
3 (SS 8:5; Isa 25:4 ) As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among the young men.
In his shadow I sat with great delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 (SS 1:4) He brought me to the banquet house,
and his banner over me was love.
5 (SS 5:8; 2Sa 6:19) Sustain me with raisins,
r efresh me with apples;
for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me.
7 (SS 3:5; 8:4; 1:5) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
8 The voice of my beloved!
Look, he comes
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 (SS 8:14; 2:17 ) My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.
10 (SS 2:13) My beloved speaks and says to me:
"Rise up, my love,
my fair one, and come away.
11 For now the winter has past;
the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 (SS 2:10) The fig tree puts forth its green figs,
and the vines their blossoms;
and they give forth fragrance.
Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
14 (SS 1:5; 8:13) O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret places of the cliffs,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 (SS 2:13; 7:12) Catch the foxes for us,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
for our vineyards are in blossom."
[3] As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among
the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was
sweet to my taste.
[4] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
[5] Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
[6] His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
[7] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds
of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
[8] The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
[9] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our
wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
[10] My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and
come away.
[11] For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
[12] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is
come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
[13] The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[14] O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of
the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is
thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
[15] Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our
vines have tender grapes.
A pilot couldn't fit his tea into the cupholder, so he set it on the center
console. When the plane hit turbulence, the drink spilled onto the control
panel, shutting off an engine. The flight was diverted and landed safely, but
when it happened again to a crew from a different airline two months later,
the manufacturer realized there was a problem. The plane cost $300 million,
but its cupholders were too small. This seemingly small oversight
led to some harrowing moments.
Small details can wreck the grandest plans, so the man in the Song of Songs
urges his lover to catch "the little foxes that ruin the vineyards"
of their love (2:15). He'd seen foxes climb over walls and dig out vines
in search of grapes. They were hard to catch as they darted into
the vineyard then melted back into the night. But they must not be ignored.
What threatens your closest relationships? It may not be large offenses. It
might be the little foxes, a small comment here or a slight there that digs
at the root of your love. Minor offenses add up, and what once was
a blossoming friendship or passionate marriage might be in danger of dying.
May God help us catch the little foxes! Let's ask for and grant forgiveness
as needed and nourish our vineyards in the soil of ordinary acts
of thoughtfulness as God provides what we need.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
What "little foxes" are damaging one of your close relationships?
What can you do to seek forgiveness and a fresh start in Christ?
Father, may Your extraordinary love flow through me in ordinary ways.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 6 - It is Finished
John 5:24
24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears
My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life
and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "
[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth
on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
"PLEASE BE PATIENT - GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET,"
the sweatshirt read. In this case, the message was an ironic one,
for the occupant of the shirt was a snaggle-toothed, freckle-faced six year
old!
In one sense, God is not finished with the work he has to do in each of us.
Life in Christ is an ongoing process of change and growth as we become
more like him. Certainly, the more we see of ourselves, the more we hope
he isn't finished with us!
Yet whatever plans God has for making us into the men and women he created
us to be, certain aspects of our life in Christ are finished, finalised.
Jesus declares with absolute assurance, "whoever hears
My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life
and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "
Because we do not have to earn or deserve God's grace, because we are not
called to prove ourselves worthy of Salvation, we can have immediate
and total assurance of the security of life in Jesus Christ. The one who
put his trust in the Lord has eternal life; he will not be condemned;
he has crossed over from death to life.
This "crossing over" into life happens in the split second when we acknowledge
our dependence upon Christ alone. And the rest of our lives is given over to
the development of his image in us.
God is not finished with us yet.
But his work of salvation is finished - complete,
fully dependable an accomplished fact.
Application
a) Have I ever doubted the "accomplished fact" of my own salvation? Why?
b) How can today's verse help me realise that, although I may have a lot of
growing yet to do, my salvation in Jesus Christ is secure?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Isaiah 1:19
19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Discouraged or Depressed
Psalm 13
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me for good?
How long will you hide Your face from me?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) How long will I harbour cares in my soul
and sorrow in my heart by day?
How long will my enemy loom over me?
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Take note and answer me, O Lord my God!
Brighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) lest my enemy say, 'I have him,'
lest my foes exult when I stumble.
5(Ps 42:11; 43:5) I for my part confide in Your kindness;
may my heart exult in Your salvation!
6(2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I will sing to the Lord,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever?
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
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 who were 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
18th Day of the Month
a) Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical
refreshing for the presence of the Lord
( Jer 31:25
25 For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul,
and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
)
b) Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from
danger and adversity
( Ps 34:7
7 The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,
and delivers them.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
And delivereth them.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember His reward of blessings in obedience.
Pray to the Lord:
"Father, may Your extraordinary love flow through me in ordinary ways."
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His gift of Salvation.
Pray to the Lord and pray for obedience to Him.
Pray to the Lord and thank him for His abundance.
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 that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical
refreshing for the presence of the Lord
Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from
danger and adversity
Pray for Ahmed and his family as they seek asylum
in foreign country due to persecution in Yemen.
1) Detueronomy 29:2-31:39
DEUTERONOMY 29
Renewal of the Covenant
2 (Ex 19:4) Moses proclaimed to all Israel, and said to them:
You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt,
to Pharaoh and all his servants and to all his land-
3 the great temptations which your eyes have seen,
those signs and great wonders.
4 (Ac 28:26-27; Isa 6:9-10) Yet to this day the Lord has not given you
a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear.
5 (Dt 8:4; 1:3) I have led you forty years in the wilderness.
Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal
has not worn out on your foot.
6 (Dt 8:3; Eph 5:18) You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine
or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
7 When you came to this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon,
and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle,
and we defeated them.
8 (Nu 32:33; Dt 3:12-13) We took their land and gave it as an inheritance
to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 (Dt 4:6; Jos 1:7) Therefore, keep the words of this covenant and do them,
so that you may prosper in all you do.
10 Today all of you stand before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes,
your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11 (Ex 12:38) your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners who are
in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws
your water-
12 (2Ch 15:12-15) so that you should enter into a covenant with the Lord
your God, and into His oath, which the Lord your God is making with you today.
13 (Ge 17:7; Ex 6:7) Today He will establish that you are His people
and that He is your God, just as He has said to you and He has sworn
to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
14 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,
15 (Ac 2:39) but with him who stands here with us today before the Lord
our God, and with him who is not here with us today
16 (for you know that we lived in the land of Egypt and how we came
through the nations which you passed by,
17 and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood
and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them);
18 (Heb 12:15) lest there be among you a man or woman
or family or tribe whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God
to go and serve the gods of these nations, and lest there be among you
a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit;
19 (Nu 15:30) and it happens that, when he hears the words of this covenant,
he blesses himself in his heart, saying,
"I shall have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,-
thus destroying the watered ground with the dry.
20 (Ps 74:1; Dt 9:14; Ps 79:5) The Lord will not spare him;
rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will smolder
against that man. All the curses that are written in this book
will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
21 The Lord will single him out for disaster out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that are written
in this Book of the Law.
22 The generation to come, your children who will rise up after you
and the foreigner who will come from a far land, when they see
the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses
which the Lord has laid on it, will say,
23 (Jer 17:6; Zep 2:9) "The whole land is brimstone and salt,
a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows there,
like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,
which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath."
24 (Jer 22:8-9; 1Ki 9:8-9) All nations will say,
"Why has the Lord done such to this land?
What does the heatedness of this great anger mean?"
25 Then men will say, "Because they have forsaken the covenant
of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when
He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them,
gods which they did not know and which He had not given to them.
27 (Dt 28:15-68; Da 9:11-14) The anger of the Lord burned against this land,
bringing on it all the curses that are written in this book.
28 (2Ch 7:20; 1Ki 14:15) The Lord rooted them out of their land in anger
and in wrath and in great indignation, and threw them into another land,
as it is today."
29 (Ac 1:7; 2Ti 3:16) The secret things belong to the Lord our God,
but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children
forever, so that we may keep all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29
[2] And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
[3] The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
[4] Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
[5] And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
[6] Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
[7] And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
[8] And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
[9] Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
[10] Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
[11] Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
[12] That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into
his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
[13] That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that
he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[14] Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
[15] But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our
God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
[16] (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came
through the nations which ye passed by;
[17] And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone,
silver and gold, which were among them:)
[18] Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood;
[19] And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he
bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the
imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
[20] The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written
in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from
under heaven.
[21] And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
book of the law:
[22] So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath
laid upon it;
[23] And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the
overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD
overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
[24] Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this
land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
[25] Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD
God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt:
[26] For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom
they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
[27] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon
it all the curses that are written in this book:
[28] And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and
in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
[29] The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which
are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all
the words of this law.
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,
10 if 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 30
[1] And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the
blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call
them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven
thee,
[2] And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with
all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
[3] That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion
upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the
LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
[4] If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch
thee:
[5] And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply
thee above thy fathers.
[6] And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy
seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live.
[7] And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and
on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
[8] And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
[9] And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
[10] If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and
if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul.
[11] For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden
from thee, neither is it far off.
[12] It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to
heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
[14] But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest do it.
[15] See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
[16] In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in
his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in
the land whither thou goest to possess it.
[17] But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be
drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
[18] I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye
shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan
to go to possess it.
[19] I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may live:
[20] That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his
voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 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 Amorites, 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, Moses 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."
Deuteronomy 31
[1] And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
[2] And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I
can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt
not go over this Jordan.
[3] The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these
nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall
go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
[4] And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of
the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
[5] And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto
them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
[7] And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people
unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and
thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
[8] And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee,
he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
[9] And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of
Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the
elders of Israel.
[10] And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in
the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
[11] When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place
which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their
hearing.
[12] Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this
law:
[13] And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and
learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye
go over Jordan to possess it.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must
die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and
presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[15] And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of
the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will
forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
[17] Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured,
and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that
day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
[18] And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they
shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
[19] Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of
Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel.
[20] For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto
their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods,
and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
[21] And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen
them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall
not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their
imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into
the land which I sware.
[22] Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
[23] And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of
a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
[24] And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of
this law in a book, until they were finished,
[25] That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, saying,
[26] Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against
thee.
[27] For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how
much more after my death?
[28] Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I
may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record
against them.
[29] For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and
turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you
in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
2) Our Daily Bread for 18 March 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/03/18/little-foxes
entitled Little Foxes
Song of Songs 2:3-15
The Woman
3 (SS 8:5; Isa 25:4 ) As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among the young men.
In his shadow I sat with great delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 (SS 1:4) He brought me to the banquet house,
and his banner over me was love.
5 (SS 5:8; 2Sa 6:19) Sustain me with raisins,
r efresh me with apples;
for I am faint with love.
6 His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me.
7 (SS 3:5; 8:4; 1:5) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
8 The voice of my beloved!
Look, he comes
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 (SS 8:14; 2:17 ) My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.
10 (SS 2:13) My beloved speaks and says to me:
"Rise up, my love,
my fair one, and come away.
11 For now the winter has past;
the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
13 (SS 2:10) The fig tree puts forth its green figs,
and the vines their blossoms;
and they give forth fragrance.
Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
14 (SS 1:5; 8:13) O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
in the secret places of the cliffs,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 (SS 2:13; 7:12) Catch the foxes for us,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
for our vineyards are in blossom."
[3] As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among
the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was
sweet to my taste.
[4] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
[5] Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
[6] His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
[7] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds
of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
[8] The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
[9] My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our
wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
[10] My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and
come away.
[11] For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
[12] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is
come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
[13] The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[14] O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of
the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is
thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
[15] Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our
vines have tender grapes.
A pilot couldn't fit his tea into the cupholder, so he set it on the center
console. When the plane hit turbulence, the drink spilled onto the control
panel, shutting off an engine. The flight was diverted and landed safely, but
when it happened again to a crew from a different airline two months later,
the manufacturer realized there was a problem. The plane cost $300 million,
but its cupholders were too small. This seemingly small oversight
led to some harrowing moments.
Small details can wreck the grandest plans, so the man in the Song of Songs
urges his lover to catch "the little foxes that ruin the vineyards"
of their love (2:15). He'd seen foxes climb over walls and dig out vines
in search of grapes. They were hard to catch as they darted into
the vineyard then melted back into the night. But they must not be ignored.
What threatens your closest relationships? It may not be large offenses. It
might be the little foxes, a small comment here or a slight there that digs
at the root of your love. Minor offenses add up, and what once was
a blossoming friendship or passionate marriage might be in danger of dying.
May God help us catch the little foxes! Let's ask for and grant forgiveness
as needed and nourish our vineyards in the soil of ordinary acts
of thoughtfulness as God provides what we need.
By: Mike Wittmer
Reflect & Pray
What "little foxes" are damaging one of your close relationships?
What can you do to seek forgiveness and a fresh start in Christ?
Father, may Your extraordinary love flow through me in ordinary ways.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 6 - It is Finished
John 5:24
24 (Jn 3:18; 1Jn 3:14; Jn 3:36) "Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears
My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life
and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "
[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth
on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
"PLEASE BE PATIENT - GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ME YET,"
the sweatshirt read. In this case, the message was an ironic one,
for the occupant of the shirt was a snaggle-toothed, freckle-faced six year
old!
In one sense, God is not finished with the work he has to do in each of us.
Life in Christ is an ongoing process of change and growth as we become
more like him. Certainly, the more we see of ourselves, the more we hope
he isn't finished with us!
Yet whatever plans God has for making us into the men and women he created
us to be, certain aspects of our life in Christ are finished, finalised.
Jesus declares with absolute assurance, "whoever hears
My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life
and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. "
Because we do not have to earn or deserve God's grace, because we are not
called to prove ourselves worthy of Salvation, we can have immediate
and total assurance of the security of life in Jesus Christ. The one who
put his trust in the Lord has eternal life; he will not be condemned;
he has crossed over from death to life.
This "crossing over" into life happens in the split second when we acknowledge
our dependence upon Christ alone. And the rest of our lives is given over to
the development of his image in us.
God is not finished with us yet.
But his work of salvation is finished - complete,
fully dependable an accomplished fact.
Application
a) Have I ever doubted the "accomplished fact" of my own salvation? Why?
b) How can today's verse help me realise that, although I may have a lot of
growing yet to do, my salvation in Jesus Christ is secure?
4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland
Isaiah 1:19
19 (Dt 30:15-16) If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
When you are Discouraged or Depressed
Psalm 13
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me for good?
How long will you hide Your face from me?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) How long will I harbour cares in my soul
and sorrow in my heart by day?
How long will my enemy loom over me?
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Take note and answer me, O Lord my God!
Brighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) lest my enemy say, 'I have him,'
lest my foes exult when I stumble.
5(Ps 42:11; 43:5) I for my part confide in Your kindness;
may my heart exult in Your salvation!
6(2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I will sing to the Lord,
because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever?
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
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 who were 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
18th Day of the Month
a) Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical
refreshing for the presence of the Lord
( Jer 31:25
25 For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul,
and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
)
b) Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from
danger and adversity
( Ps 34:7
7 The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,
and delivers them.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
And delivereth them.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to remember His reward of blessings in obedience.
Pray to the Lord:
"Father, may Your extraordinary love flow through me in ordinary ways."
Pray to the Lord and pray to thank Him for His gift of Salvation.
Pray to the Lord and pray for obedience to Him.
Pray to the Lord and thank him for His abundance.
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 that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical
refreshing for the presence of the Lord
Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from
danger and adversity
Pray for Ahmed and his family as they seek asylum
in foreign country due to persecution in Yemen.
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