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2) Our Daily Bread for 3 May 2023 titled

Love That Goes the Distance by James Banks



Deuteronomy 11:13-21



13 (Dt 4:29; 6:17) It will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments

which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God,

and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 (Lev 26:4; Dt 28:12) then I will give you the rain of your land

in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather

in your grain and your wine and your oil.

15 (Dt 6:11; Ps 104:14) I will provide grass in your fields for your

livestock, that you may eat and be full.

16 (Job 31:27; Dt 8:19) Take heed to yourselves that your heart

be not deceived, and you turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

17 (Dt 4:26; 6:15) Then the Lord's wrath will be inflamed against you,

and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain

and the land will not yield its fruit, and you will quickly perish

from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

18 (Ex 13:9; 13:16) Therefore you must fix these words of mine

in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand,

so that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 (Dt 4:9-10; 6:7) You shall teach them to your children, speaking

of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way,

when you lie down, and when you rise up.

20 (Dt 6:9) You shall write them on the doorposts of your house

and on your gates,

21 (Ps 72:5; Pr 3:2) so that your days and the days of your children

may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers

to give them, as long as the days of heaven on the earth.



[13] And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my

commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to

serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

[14] That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first

rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine,

and thine oil.

[15] And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest

eat and be full.

[16] Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn

aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

[17] And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the

heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and

lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

[18] Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your

soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets

between your eyes.

[19] And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou

sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest

down, and when thou risest up.

[20] And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon

thy gates:

[21] That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the

land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of

heaven upon the earth.



"We wave until they're out of sight. It's a way of showing that we love them."

Those words from my mother when I was a boy explained a habit she and my

father had when a family member left our home after a visit. Mom and Dad stood

outside and waved to the ones leaving until they disappeared in the distance.

Sometimes they stood there for a long time, but that didn't matter.

When I left home myself, I understood why.



Seeing them waving in the rearview mirror touched my heart, and I felt loved

and cared for. I still say goodbye to our family visitors that way to show

love for them. It's a habit I hope my children will continue.



Another way we can express love for our families is to communicate God's love

shared in Scripture. As the Israelites prepared to cross the Jordan into the

promised land, God taught them with these instructions for life:

"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. . . . Teach them to your

children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the

road, when you lie down and when you get up" (Deuteronomy 11:18-19).



These are words that would one day find fulfillment in the perfect love of

Jesus, who promised, "I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20). As we share His

truth and kindness, we can trust that His love is able to overcome

every distance.



Reflect & Pray



Whom can you encourage with God's wisdom and truth today?

In what ways will you show them His love?



Please help me, dear Father, to share Your

love and truth with others today so they may

believe and walk with You always.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 1 - Sin Universal



Romans 3:23-24



23 (Ro 3:9) For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

24 (Ro 4:16; Col 1:14) being justified freely by His grace

through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,



23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption

that is in Christ Jesus:



A distinguished middle-aged man stood trembling before his church

to give his testimony. Years before, in the grip of a mental illness

that nearly destroyed his life, he had taken the life of his own daughter

and tried to kill himself. But he did not die; tried and convicted, he

spent years in prison, and even longer in the prison of his own guilt.

After the service, a young woman walked up to him and simply said,

"Thank you for sharing. I've sinned, too."

We've all sinned, too - lest we forget or rationalise, the Bible reminds

us in no uncertain terms. And the writer of these verses was no stranger

to sin: he was the Pharisee, the holier-than-thou religious leader

who officiated at the stoning death of Stephen. He was the Jew who had

scattered and killed the followers of this heretic called Christ. He

thought he was righteous while he murdered God's people.

Christians tends to establish a "hierarchy" of sin - sexual sin is "worse"

than pride: murder is "more horrible" than slander. Yet the Bible gives

no indication that god acknowledges our hierarchy. Sin is sin; all have

sinned, and if we are guilty at one point, we are guilty of all.

Rather than rationalise our individual sins as being "less bad"

than someone else's, we need to openly confess our dilemma as sinners

and turn to God for his remedy. We cannot and do not need to earn or

deserve that grace - it is a gift from God.



Application



a) Have I ever compared my sin with someone else's in order

to make myself fell like a better person? Why is such

comparison not a valid remedy for sin?



b) Why do I need to acknowledge my sin honestly before I can

receive justification?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 6:38



38 "Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured unto you."



38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,

and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For

with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are Burdened by Doubt



Proverbs 30:5



5 Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.



5 Every word of God is pure:

He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.



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.

Day 120, 30 April 2026



1) PSALMS 133

A Song of Ascents. Of David.



1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

for brothers to dwell together in unity!

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) It is like precious oil upon the head,

that runs down on the beard-

even Aaron's beard-

and going down to the collar of his garments;

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) as the dew of Hermon,

that descends upon the mountains of Zion,

for there the Lord has commanded the blessing,

even life forever.



Psalms 133

[1] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together

in unity!

[2] It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the

beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

[3] As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains

of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.



2) Our Daily Bread for 30 April 2025 titled

Follow God's Way by Karen Huang



Haggai 1:1,5-11



God's Command to Rebuild the Temple

1 (Ezr 2:2; 3:2; 3:8) In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came

by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,

governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak,

the high priest, saying,

5 (La 3:40) Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider your ways.

6 (Hag 2:16; Zec 8:10) You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat,

but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink;

you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns

wages to put them into a bag with holes.

7 (Hag 1:5) Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider your ways.

8 (Ps 132:13-14; Hag 2:7) Go up to the mountain and bring wood

and rebuild the house, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,

says the Lord.

9 (Hag 1:4; Isa 40:7) You looked for much, and it came to little;

and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of Hosts.

Because of My house that lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house.

10 (Lev 26:19; Dt 28:23-24) Therefore the heavens above you have withheld

the dew, and the earth has withheld its crops.

11 (Hag 2:17; Dt 28:22) I called for a drought on the land and the mountains,

on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground brings forth,

on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.



[1] In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the

first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet

unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua

the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

[5] Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

[6] Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not

enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but

there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it

into a bag with holes.

[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

[8] Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I

will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

[9] Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought

it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of

mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

[10] Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is

stayed from her fruit.

[11] And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,

and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon

that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and

upon all the labour of the hands.



Ken avoided the migrant workers in his building. Their habits and way of life,

so different from his, annoyed him. One day, however, while Ken was praying, a

thought pierced him: They've been your neighbors for years, yet not once have

you shared the gospel with them.

Think carefully about your attitude towards them.



Scripture tells us of when God confronted the Israelites with a similar

warning: "Consider your ways" (Haggai 1:7). After their captivity in Babylon,

His people returned to Jerusalem, tasked to rebuild the temple. God had

"moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia" (Ezra 1:1) to order

the construction and provide funds (vv. 2-4). But after the people laid the

foundation, opposition grew (4:1-5), so they neglected the project

for fourteen years.



Through the prophet Haggai, God told them, "Give careful thought to your

ways. . . . My house . . . remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your

own house" (Haggai 1:7, 9). God was saying, "Think carefully about how you're

living. Are you doing what I want you to do?"



God disciplined His people (vv. 5-11), but when they resumed construction, He

encouraged them, "I am with you . . . . Do not fear" (2:4-5). And the temple

was completed in less than five years.



In what area of life do we need to "give careful thought to [our] ways"?

Let's ask God to show us and help us follow His correction.



Reflect & Pray



How is God’s way different from yours?

What things do you need to change to truly obey Him?



Dear God, please help me to follow Your way.



Learn more about the blessings that

come when we follow Him wholeheartedly.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 5 - Learning by Heart



Ps 119:9,11



9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) How shall a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Your word I have hidden in my heart,

that I might not sin against You.



9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

That I might not sin against thee.



"His heart is not just in it," a gifted musician commented about the

pianist onstage. "He's here at the Orchestra Hall, playing for

thousands of people, an his technique is flawless, but something

is missing - his heart is just not in it."

The psalmist , in Psalm 119, draws a similar parallel. We "Keep our

way pure" through obedience of his Word, by ordering our lives according

to the commands of the Scriptures. But outward behaviour is not the only

essential factor in purity of life. The changes in our behaviour need to

come from the heart, from the inside out. Our "technique" for living

the Christian life may be flawless, but our obedience is founded

in heart motivation, something is certainly missing.

"I seek you with all my heart," the psalmist declares in verse 10.

Thus he can say in verse 11, "Your word I have hidden in my heart,

that I might not sin against You."

Often we refer to memorisation as "learning by heart" - and indeed

"by heart" is the biblical mandate for assimilating God's truth

into our daily lives. "By rote" or "By Mind" leaves us

intellectually overstuffed, yet spiritually starving.

When we try to apply the Word outwardly to our behaviour,

we end up in a tangle of legalism, a log "do list" by which

we hope to please God. But when we set our hearts toward God first,

then changes in our behaviour grow out of love for God and a deep

desire to serve him. Then we are truly loving and obeying God with

our whole hearts.



Application



a) In what ways have I tried to apply God's word to my behaviour

without having the truth firmly in my heart? What was the result?



b) How can I set my heart toward God and give myself more fully

to his Word?



c) What areas of my life need "purifying"? How can these verses

help me to "make my way pure"?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 12:21



21 "So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."



21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are Impatient



James 5:7-11



Patience and Prayer



7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.

Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth

and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.

8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,

for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.

9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned.

Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord,

as an example of suffering and patience.

11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.

You have heard of the patience of Job

and have seen the purpose of the Lord,

that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.



7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold,

the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long

patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord

draweth nigh.

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:

behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord,

for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience

of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,

and of tender mercy.



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.

PSALMS 104



1 Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, You are very great!

You are clothed with honor and majesty,

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) covering Yourself with light as a garment,

who stretches out the heavens like a tent curtain,

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) who lays the upper beams

of His chambers on the waters above,

who makes the clouds His chariot,

who rides upon the wings of the wind,

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) who makes His angels as winds,

His ministers a flaming fire.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You laid the earth on its foundations,

so that it should never be moved.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) You covered it with the deep as a garment;

the waters stood above the mountains.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) At Your rebuke they fled;

at the sound of Your thunder they departed away.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 ) The mountains rose up;

the valleys went down

to the place that You appointed them.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) You set a boundary that they may not pass over,

that they may not again cover the earth.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) You send the springs to gush forth in the valleys,

which flow between the hills.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) They give drink to every animal of the field;

the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12 By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation;

they sing among the branches.

13 You water the mountains from Your lofty chamber;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle

and plants for the cultivation of man,

that he may bring forth food from the earth

15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man,

and oil that makes shine his face,

and bread that strengthens his heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,

the cedars of Lebanon that He has planted,

17 where the birds make their nests,

where the stork has its home in the fir trees.

18 The high mountains are for the wild goats,

and the rocks a refuge for the badgers.

19 He set the moon to mark the appointed seasons;

the sun knows its time for going down.

20 You make darkness, and it is night,

when all the animals of the forest go forth.

21 The young lions roar after their prey

and seek their food from God.

22 When the sun arises, they gather themselves together

and lay down in their dens.

23 Man goes forth to his work

and to his labor until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works!

With wisdom You have made them all;

the earth is full of Your creatures-

25 so is this great and wide sea,

which is full of innumerable creatures,

living animals both small and great.

26 There go the ships,

and there is Leviathan, which You have made to play in it.

27 These all wait upon You,

that You may give them their food in due season.

28 When You give it to them,

they gather it;

when You open Your hand,

they are filled with good food.

29 When You hide Your face,

they are troubled;

You take away their breath,

and they die and return to their dust.

30 When You send forth Your Spirit,

they are created,

and You renew the surface of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

may the Lord rejoice in His works.

32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;

He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34 May my meditation be sweet to Him,

for I will be glad in the Lord.

35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,

and let the wicked be no more.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord!



Psalm 104

[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art

clothed with honour and majesty.

[2] Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out

the heavens like a curtain:

[3] Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the

clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

[4] Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

[5] Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for

ever.

[6] Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood

above the mountains.

[7] At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

[8] They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place

which thou hast founded for them.

[9] Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not

again to cover the earth.

[10] He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

[11] They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench

their thirst.

[12] By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing

among the branches.

[13] He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with

the fruit of thy works.

[14] He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service

of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

[15] And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to

shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

[16] The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he

hath planted;

[17] Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are

her house.

[18] The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the

conies.

[19] He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

[20] Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the

forest do creep forth.

[21] The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

[22] The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in

their dens.

[23] Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

[24] O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all:

the earth is full of thy riches.

[25] So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable,

both small and great beasts.

[26] There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to

play therein.

[27] These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due

season.

[28] That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are

filled with good.

[29] Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath,

they die, and return to their dust.

[30] Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the

face of the earth.

[31] The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in

his works.

[32] He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and

they smoke.

[33] I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my

God while I have my being.

[34] My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

[35] Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no

more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 28 April 2026 titled In God's Line

of Sight by Xochitl Dixon



Psalms 121

A Song of Ascents.

1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills,

from where does my help come?

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) My help comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He will not let your foot slip;

He who keeps you will not slumber.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Behold, He who guards Israel

shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The Lord is your guardian;

the Lord is your shade at your right hand.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) The sun shall not harm you during the day,

nor the moon during the night.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) The Lord shall protect you from all evil;

He shall preserve your soul.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) The Lord shall preserve your going out

and your coming in from now and for evermore.



Psalm 121

A Song of degrees.

[1] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

From whence cometh my help.

[2] My help cometh from the LORD,

Which made heaven and earth.

[3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:

He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

[4] Behold, he that keepeth Israel

Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

[5] The LORD is thy keeper:

The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

[6] The sun shall not smite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

[7] The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:

He shall preserve thy soul.

[8] The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in

From this time forth, and even for evermore.



Trina received a free ticket to a sold-out event and tucked it into her Bible.

Later, her son saw her frantically searching through the pantry. When she

explained that she'd lost her Bible, he asked why she was looking in the food

cupboard. "Because I've looked everywhere else, and the event starts in thirty

minutes," she said. "I don't want to miss one moment." Her son chuckled.

"Breathe, Mom," he said. "I think you're suffering from FOMO, the fear of

missing out." She laughed. As her son joined the search, Trina's husband

entered. "You left this in the car," he said, holding up the Bible.



While it's not wrong to enjoy unexpected blessings, big breaks, or

once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, a desire for enjoyment can easily turn into

a fear of missing out. We can even be tempted to think God holds out on us or

loses sight of us. However, the "Maker of heaven and earth" (Psalm 121:2) is

our ever-watchful and never-sleeping provider and protector (vv. 3-7). So we

don't have to fret over detours, delays, or even missed opportunities. God

will watch over our "coming and going both now and forevermore" (v. .



During times of affliction, seasons of abundance, and in every mundane moment

God plans for us in-between, we’re always in His line of sight. We won't miss

out on anything God has planned for us to experience.



Reflect & Pray



How does being in God's line of sight impact your life?

When has missing out on something led to an unexpected blessing?



Faithful God, thank You for keeping me in Your line of sight.



Watch Jack Beck explain more on seasons in the wilderness.

1 Chron 6:54-81



54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their

coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's

was the lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof

round about it.

56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb

the son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron,

the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,

with their suburbs,

58 and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

59 and Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth

with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs.

All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe,

were cities given out of the half tribe, namely,

out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe

of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali,

and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,

out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the

tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities

with their suburbs.

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah,

and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of

the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of

their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount

Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

68 and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,

69 and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:

70 and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,

and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant

of the sons of Kohath.

71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe

of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72 and out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,

Daberath with her suburbs,

73 and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

74 and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs,

and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,

and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe

of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

78 and on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,

were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with

her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

80 and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs,

and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

81 and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.



[The preistly line of Israel]



2) Our Daily Bread for 27 March 2026 titled

God in the Details



Deuteronomy 29:5



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.



[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.



Nehemiah 9:19-21



19 (Ne 9:12; 9:27) yet You in Your great mercy did not forsake them

in the wilderness: The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,

to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them

the way they should go.

[19] Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness:

the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the

way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way

wherein they should go.



20 (Nu 11:17; Ex 16:15) You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,

did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water

for their thirst.

21 (Dt 2:7; 8:4) Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness,

so that they lacked nothing-their clothing did not wear out

nor did their feet swell.



[20] Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not

thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

[21] Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that

they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.



My niece, a college freshman, was busy with schoolwork and adjusting to a new

residence. Because of recent security issues, her school required a vehicle

pass. Since applying for this would be one more task on her long to-do list, I

offered to do it. "Thanks!" she later said, surprised it had taken me only

minutes in the campus office.



What she didn't know was that the otherwise simple task had taken half a day

of coordinating with the office, fixing a glitch in her application, and

gathering unexpected documents. But I didn't tell her this. "Anytime!" I said.



Love is in the details. Here, it was in taking care of details my niece was

unaware of. Scripture tells us of God’s love as seen in two seemingly small

details of the Israelites' life in the wilderness: their clothes and shoes.

Throughout forty years of walking, their "clothes did not wear out, nor did

the sandals on [their] fee" (Deuteronomy 29:5). In fact, their feet didn't

even swell! (8:4).



God's people had been unfaithful, but He showed "great compassion," not

abandoning them (Nehemiah 9:19). "They lacked nothing" (v. 21). God provided

the "big" things, such as His presence, the counsel of His Spirit, and food

and water (vv. 19-20); and the "smaller" but necessary things,

such as clothes and shoes.



God shows His love in ways we may overlook or be unaware of.

Such is His love, that He sees every detail of our life.



Reflect & Pray



What details in your life show God's love? How do they help you trust Him?



Heavenly Father, thank You for Your enduring love.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 4 -The Blessings of Grace Day 6 - A Reasonable Alternative



Isaiah 1:18



18 (Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14) "Come now, and let us reason together, "

says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.



18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:

though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.



"Is Christianity Reasonable?" Linda Wanted to Know. "I've heard all my life

that faith is a crutch, an invention of weak minds to assure them

of some order in the world."

Linda was not alone in her objection; thinking people for generations

have been asking themselves the same question.

God is not intimidated by our questions; in fact, he confronts the issue

head-on in the Scriptures. "Let us reason together," the Lord invites.

Even according to the most basic of human reasoning,

faith is a reasonable alternative , a rational choice for a thinking person.

God indicates in his Word that confession and forgiveness are "reasonable".

"Think!" God says. "You sin, and you know it. You are not even able to be

true to your own principles. You cannot deal with your sin by will power

or effort. But I can deal with it! I can forgive it - and I will"

We cannot come to faith in God through Christ by intellect alone, of course.

Our spirits much reach out in faith, beyond what we can see. But intellect

supports faith; trusting in Christ is an eminently rational decision.

In Deut 30:1-20 , God set before the people a choice: Life or Death, blessing

or cursing. "Choose Life!" he tells them. We have the same choice.

The ultimate decision is thus simplified, the 'rational' alternative becomes

clear. We can choose death, by attempting to control our own destinies ,

or life, by giving ourselves fully into the hand of the Master.



Application



a) Why is the choice to acknowledge my sin and receive forgiveness a

'Rational choice'?



b) What are the alternatives to such a decision?



c) What other aspects of God's word

and work in my life seem 'reasonable' to me?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



2 Cor 9:8,11



8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you,

so that you, always having enough of everything,

may abound to every good work.

11 So you will be enriched in everything to all bountifulness,

which makes us give thanks to God.



8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having

all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

11 being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through

us thanksgiving to God.

PSALMS 91



1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God in whom I trust."

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter

and from the deadly pestilence.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) He shall cover you with His feathers,

and under His wings you shall find protection;

His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,

nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) A thousand may fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand,

but it shall not come near you.

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Only with your eyes shall you behold

and see the reward of the wicked.

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

even the Most High, your dwelling,

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) there shall be no evil befall you,

neither shall any plague come near your tent;

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) for He shall give His angels charge over you

to guard you in all your ways.

12 They shall bear you up in their hands,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder;

the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

and I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him My salvation.



Psalm 91



1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:

My God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,

And from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:

His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;

Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;

But it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,

Even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee,

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,

To keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,

Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him,

And shew him my salvation.



DEUTERONOMY 34



The Death of Moses



1 (Dt 32:49; Nu 27:12) Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,

to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Then the Lord showed him all

the land-from Gilead to Dan,

2 (Dt 11:24) and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,

and all the land of Judah, to the Mediterranean Sea,

3 (Jdg 1:16; 3:13) and the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho,

the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

4 (Ge 12:7; 28:13) The Lord said to him, "This is the land which I swore

to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,

'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with

your eyes, but you will not cross over there."

5 (Dt 32:50; Jos 1:1-2) So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there

in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

6 (Jude 1:9) He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,

opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows of his burial place to this day.

7 (Ge 27:1; Dt 31:2) Moses was 120 years old when he died.

His eye was not dim, nor was his vitality diminished.

8 (Ge 50:3; 50:10) The children of Israel wept for Moses

in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping

and mourning for Moses were ended.

9 (Isa 11:2; Da 6:3) Now Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit

of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the children

of Israel - listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 (Ex 33:11) Since then there has not arisen a prophet in Israel

like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

11 (Dt 4:34; 7:19) in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him

to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants,

and to all his land,

12 and by all that mighty power and by all the great terror which Moses

displayed in the sight of all Israel.



Deuteronomy 34

[1] And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to

the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all

the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

[2] And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the

land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

[3] And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm

trees, unto Zoar.

[4] And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham,

unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have

caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

[5] So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,

according to the word of the LORD.

[6] And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against

Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

[7] And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was

not dim, nor his natural force abated.

[8] And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty

days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

[9] And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses

had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him,

and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

[10] And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the

LORD knew face to face,

[11] In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the

land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

[12] And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses

shewed in the sight of all Israel.



2) Our Daily Bread for 21 March 2026 titled



An Offering for Jesus



2 Corinthians 4:5-12



5 (1Co 1:23; 2Co 1:24) For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants

for Jesus' sake.

6 (Ge 1:3; 2Pe 1:19) For God, who commanded the light to shine

out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 (2Co 5:1; La 4:2) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

8 (2Co 7:5) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;

we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 (Heb 13:5) persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 (Ro 6:5; 2Co 1:5) and always carrying around in the body the death

of the Lord Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be expressed

in our bodies.

11 (Ro 8:36) For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake,

that also the life of Jesus might be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 (2Co 13:9) So then, death works in us, but life in you.



[5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your servants for Jesus' sake.

[6] For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined

in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the

face of Jesus Christ.

[7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the

power may be of God, and not of us.

[8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but

not in despair;

[9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

[10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the

life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

[11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that

the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

[12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.



"I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief / No everlasting hills I see," wrote

the Victorian poet Christina Rosetti in her poignant poem "A Better

Resurrection." Rosetti's poem describes grasping for hope when she feels none,

"numb'd too much for hopes or fears"” Yet Rosetti was anchored in a hope

deeper than her feelings of despair. Though she could see "no bud

nor greenness" pointing to Christ's resurrection renewing her life,

she confessed, "Yet rise it shall" and prayed, "O Jesus, rise in me."



In 2 Corinthians, the apostle Paul also described experiencing suffering

"far beyond [his] ability to endure, so that [he] despaired of life itself"

(1:8). But he found that his despair taught him to find his hope only

in "God, who raises the dead" (v. 9).



And he learned that as we carry the hope of the gospel in the still-imperfect

"jars of clay" of our bodies, Christ's resurrection life and hope shine

through, revealing "that this all-surpassing power is from God

and not from us" (4:7).



This shift happens in Rosetti's poem too. As she lifted her broken heart up to

God, her prayer became only that the broken pieces of her life would be "cast

in the fire" to be molded and transformed into an offering "for Him, my King."

Her poem concludes simply: "O Jesus, drink of me."



By: Monica La Rose

Reflect & Pray



How can voicing our pain honestly to God bring comfort and hope?

How have you experienced Him transforming the pieces of your life?



Dear God, thank You that hope is real

even when I can't feel it. Please help me to offer my life to You.





For further study, read The God Who Upholds You.

Day 80, 21 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 33, Psalms 91, Deuteronomy 34



DEUTERONOMY 33



Moses Blesses Israel



Ge 49:1-28



1 (Jos 14:6) Now this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God,

blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 (Hab 3:3; Ac 7:53) He said:

The Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir to them;

He shone forth from Mount Paran,

and He came with ten thousands of holy ones;

from His right hand went a fiery lawOr flashing lightning. for them.

3 (Lk 10:39; Hos 11:1) Surely, He loved the people;

all His holy ones are in Your hand,

and they sit down at Your feet;

everyone receives Your words.

4 (Ps 119:111; Jn 1:17) Moses decreed to us a law,

the inheritance of the assembly of Jacob.

5 (Dt 32:15) He was king over Jeshurun,

when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

6 (Ge 49:3-4) Let Reuben live, and not die,

and let not his men be few.

7 (Ge 49:8-12) This is the blessing to Judah. He said:

Listen, O Lord, to the voice of Judah,

and bring him to his people;

may his hands contend for them,

and may You help him against his enemies.

8 (Ex 17:7; 28:30) Of Levi he said:

Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your godly one,

whom You tested at Massah,

and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 who said to his father and to his mother,

"I have not seen him,"

and he did not acknowledge his brothers

or know his own children,

for they have kept Your word

and guarded Your covenant.

10 (Lev 10:11; Ps 51:19) They will teach Jacob Your judgments

and Israel Your law.

They will put incense before You

and the whole burnt offerings on your altar.

11 (2Sa 24:23; Eze 20:40-41) Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and accept the work of his hands;

run through the loins of them that rise against him

and of them that hate him,

so that they rise never again.

12 Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord

will dwell in safety by Him,

and the Lord will protect him all day long;

he will dwell between His shoulders.

13 (Ge 49:22-26) Of Joseph he said:

May his land be blessed of the Lord,

from the harvest of the heavens,

by the dew,

and by the deep crouching beneath,

14 by the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,

and by the choice things put forth by the moon,

15 (Hab 3:6; Ge 49:26) by the finest things of the ancient mountains,

and by the choice things of the everlasting hills,

16 (Ex 3:2-4; Ps 24:1) by the best things of the earth and its fullness,

and by the goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush.

May the blessing rest on the head of Joseph,

on top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.

17 (Nu 23:22; 1Ki 22:11; Ps 44:5) His glory is like the firstborn of his bull,

and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox;

with them he will push the peoples together to the ends of the earth;

they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

18 (Ge 49:13-15) Of Zebulun he said:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going outside,

and Issachar in your tents.

19 (Ps 4:5; Isa 2:3) They will call the peoples to the mountain;

there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness,

for they will draw out the abundance of the seas

and the treasures hid in the sand.

20 (Ge 49:19) Of Gad he said:

Blessed be he who enlarges Gad;

he dwells as a lion

and tears an arm and the crown of a head.

21 (Jos 1:14) He provided the first part for himself,

because there, in a portion of the ruler, he was seated.

He came with the heads of the people.

He executed the justice of the Lord,

and His ordinances with Israel.

22 (Jos 19:47; Jdg 18:27) Of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion’s whelp;

he will leap forth from Bashan.

23 (Ge 49:21; Jos 19:32-39) Of Naphtali he said:

O Naphtali, satisfied with favor

and full with the blessing of the Lord,

possess the west and the south.

24 (Ge 49:20; Job 29:6) Of Asher he said:

May Asher be blessed with children;

may he be acceptable to his brothers,

and may he dip his foot in oil.A metaphor depicting prosperity.

25 Your sandals will be iron and brass;

according to your days, so shall be your strength.

26 (Ex 15:11; Ps 104:3) There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides through the heavens to help you,

and in His majesty through the skies.

27 (Ge 49:24; Ps 90:1-2) The eternal God is your refuge,

and underneath you are the everlasting arms;

He will drive out the enemy before you,

and will say, "Destroy them."

28 (Nu 23:9; Ge 27:28) Israel dwells in safety;

the fountain of Jacob will be secluded

in a land of grain and new wine;

its heavens will rain down dew.

29 (2Sa 7:23; Ps 115:9-11) Blessed are you, O Israel!

Who is like you,

a people saved by the Lord,

the shield of your help,

who is the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies will cringe before you,

and you will tread upon their high places.



Deuteronomy 33

[1] And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the

children of Israel before his death.

[2] And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them;

he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints:

from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

[3] Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat

down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

[4] Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of

Jacob.

[5] And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes

of Israel were gathered together.

[6] Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

[7] And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of

Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him;

and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

[8] And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one,

whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the

waters of Meribah;

[9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither

did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have

observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

[10] They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall

put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

[11] Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite

through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him,

that they rise not again.

[12] And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety

by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell

between his shoulders.

[13] And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the

precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth

beneath,

[14] And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the

precious things put forth by the moon,

[15] And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious

things of the lasting hills,

[16] And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for

the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the

head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from

his brethren.

[17] His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like

the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the

ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are

the thousands of Manasseh.

[18] And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,

Issachar, in thy tents.

[19] They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer

sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the

seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

[20] And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a

lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

[21] And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion

of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he

executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

[22] And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

[23] And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full

with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

[24] And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be

acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

[25] Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.

[26] There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven

in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

[27] The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:

and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy

them.

[28] Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be

upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

[29] Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the

LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and

thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon

their high places.

DEUTERONOMY 32

1 (Dt 4:26; Isa 1:2) Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;

hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

2 (Ps 72:6; Isa 55:10-11) My teaching will drop like the rain,

my sayings will distill as the dew,

as the droplets on the grass,

and as the showers on the herb.

3 (Jer 10:6; Dt 3:24) For I will proclaim the name of the Lord:

Ascribe greatness to our God!

4 (Dt 32:18; Ps 92:15) He is the Rock; His work is perfect;

for all His ways are just.

He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice;

righteous and upright is He.

5 (Dt 31:29; Isa 1:4) They have acted corruptly to Him;

they are not His children, but blemished;

they are a perverse and crooked generation.

6 (Isa 63:16; Ps 74:2; Dt 32:15) Is this how you repay the Lord,

you foolish and unwise people?

Is He not your father, who has bought you?

Has He not made you, and established you?

7 (Ps 44:1; Ex 13:14) Remember the days of old,

consider the years of previous generations.

Ask your father, and he will show you;

your elders, and they will tell you:

8 (Ac 17:26) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,

when He separated the sons of man,Or Adam.

He set the boundaries of the peoples

according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 (Jer 10:16; 1Sa 10:1) For the Lord's portion is His people;

Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.

10 (Ps 17:8; Zec 2:8) He found him in a desert land

and in the howling waste of a wilderness;

He led him about, He instructed him,

He protected him like the pupil of His eye.

11 (Ex 19:4) Like an eagle stirs up her nest,

that flutters over her young,

He spread out his wings and took him;

He lifted him on His pinions;

12 (Ps 78:52-53) the Lord alone guided him,

and there was no foreign god with him.

13 (Job 29:6; Isa 58:14) He made him ride on the high places of the earth,

and he ate of the produce of the fields;

He made him suck honey out of the rock

and oil out of the flinty rock,

14 (Ge 49:11; Ps 81:16) butter from the herd,

and milk from the flock,

along with the fat of lambs,

and rams of the breed from Bashan,

and goats,

with the best of the kernels of wheat;

you drank the pure blood of the grape.

15 (Dt 31:20; 32:4; Ps 89:26) But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;

you grew fat, you grew thick;

you are covered with fat.

Then he forsook God who made him,

and devalued the Rock of his salvation.

16 (Ps 78:58; 1Co 10:22) They made Him jealous with strange gods;

with abominations they provoked Him to anger.

17 (Jdg 5:8; Dt 28:64) They sacrificed to demons, not to God,

to gods whom they knew not,

to new gods that recently came along,

whom your fathers did not fear.

18 (Isa 17:10; Dt 32:4; Ps 106:21) You have forgotten the Rock who begot you;

you are unmindful, and have forgotten the God who gave you birth.

19 (Ps 106:40; Jdg 2:14) When the Lord saw it, He despised them,

because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

20 (Dt 32:5) He said: I will hide My face from them;

I will see what their end will be,

for they are a very perverse generation,

children in whom there is no loyalty.

21 (1Ki 16:13; 16:26) They have made Me jealous with that which is not God;

they have provoked Me to anger with their empty things.

And I will make them jealous of those who are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22 (La 4:11; Jer 15:14) For a fire has been inflamed by My anger,

and it will burn to the lowest part of Sheol,

Or the lowest depths of the earth or underworld.

and shall consume the earth and its produce,

and ignite the foundations of the mountains.

23 (Eze 5:16; Ps 7:12-13) I will heap misfortunes on them;

I will use My arrows on them.

24 (Lev 26:22; Eze 5:17) They will be starved by famine,

and consumed by plague and bitter destruction;

I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,

with the poison of crawling creatures in the dust.

25 (Eze 7:15; La 1:20) The sword outside and terror within will destroy

both the young man and the virgin,

the infant along with the man of gray hair.

26 (Dt 28:64) I said, "I want to cut them into pieces,

I will cause the memory of them to disappear from among men,"

27 (Ps 140:8) however, I feared the wrath of the enemy,

that their adversaries would misunderstand

and say, "Our hand is victorious,

and the Lord has not done all this."

28 (Dt 32:6; Isa 27:11) For they are a nation devoid of counsel;

there is no understanding in them.

29 (Dt 5:29; Ps 81:13) Would that they were wise,

so that they understood this,

so that they would comprehend their future!

30 (Lev 26:8; Ps 44:12) How should one chase a thousand,

and two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

and the Lord had given them up?

31 (Ex 14:25; 1Sa 2:2) For their rock is not as our Rock;

even our enemies themselves concede this.

32 (Dt 29:18; Isa 1:10) For their vine is from the vine of Sodom

and from the fields of Gomorrah;

their grapes are grapes of poison;

their clusters are bitter.

33 (Ps 58:4) Their wine is the poison of dragons

and the deadly venom of cobras.

34 (Job 14:17; Hos 13:12) Is not this laid up in store with Me

and sealed up among My treasures?

35 (Ro 12:19; Heb 10:30) Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;

their foot will slip in due time;

for the day of their calamity is at hand,

and the things to come hasten upon them.

36 (Ps 135:14; Jdg 2:18) For the Lord will judge His people,

and relent in regard to His servants,

when He sees that their power is gone

and there is no one left, whether restrained or free.

37 (Jdg 10:14; Jer 2:28) He will say: Where are their gods,

their rock in whom they trusted,

38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices

and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up and help you

and be your protection.

39 (1Sa 2:6; Isa 45:5; 41:4) See now that I, even I, am He,

and there is no god besides Me;

I kill, and I make alive;

I wound, and I heal;

there is no one who can deliver out of My hand.

40 (Ge 14:22) For I lift up My hand to heaven,

and say: As I live forever,

41 (Isa 66:16; Ps 7:12) if I sharpen My flashing sword

and My hand takes hold on judgment,

I will render vengeance on My enemies

and will repay those who hate Me.

42 (Dt 32:23; Jer 46:10) I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

and My sword shall devour flesh,

with the blood of the slain and of the captives,

from the heads of the leaders of the enemies.

43 (Rev 19:2; Ps 85:1) Rejoice, O you nations, with His people;

for He will avenge the blood of His servants

and will render vengeance on His adversaries

and will be merciful to His land and people.

44 (Nu 13:8; 13:16) Moses came and spoke all the words of this song

in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua, the son of Nun.

45 When Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

46 (Eze 40:4; Dt 11:18) he said to them, "Set your hearts on all the words

which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children

to be careful to observe, all the words of this law.

47 (Lev 18:5) For it is no idle word for you, because it is your life,

and by this word you will prolong your days in the land which

you cross over the Jordan to possess."

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

48 The Lord spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

49 (Nu 27:12) "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, to Mount Nebo,

which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of

Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for a possession.

50 (Ge 25:8; Nu 33:38) Die on the mount where you go up,

and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron, your brother,

died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

51 (Nu 27:14) because you trespassed against Me

among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh,

in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy

in the midst of the children of Israel.

52 (Dt 34:1-4) Nevertheless, you will see the land before you,

but you may not go there, to the land which I am giving

to the children of Israel."

Deuteronomy 32

[1] Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;

and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

[2] My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as

the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

[3] Because I will publish the name of the LORD:

ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

[4] He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment:

a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

[5] They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his

children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

[6] Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise?

is not he thy father that hath bought thee?

hath he not made thee, and established thee?

[7] Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father,

and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

[8] When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he

separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according

to the number of the children of Israel.

[9] For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his

inheritance.

[10] He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;

he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

[11] As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth

abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

[12] So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

[13] He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the

increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and

oil out of the flinty rock;

[14] Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the

breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst

drink the pure blood of the grape.

[15] But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown

thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him,

and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

[16] They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations

provoked they him to anger.

[17] They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to

new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

[18] Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God

that formed thee.

[19] And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of

his sons, and of his daughters.

[20] And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end

shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no

faith.

[21] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have

provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy

with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a

foolish nation.

[22] For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest

hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the

foundations of the mountains.

[23] I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

[24] They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and

with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,

with the poison of serpents of the dust.

[25] The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man

and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

[26] I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance

of them to cease from among men:

[27] Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their

adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say,

Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

[28] For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any

understanding in them.

[29] O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would

consider their latter end!

[30] How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,

except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

[31] For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being

judges.

[32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah:

their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

[33] Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

[34] Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

[35] To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in

due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that

shall come upon them make haste.

[36] For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his

servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,

or left.

[37] And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they

trusted,

[38] Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their

drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

[39] See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and

I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out

of my hand.

[40] For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

[41] If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I

will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

[42] I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour

flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the

beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

[43] Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of

his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be

merciful unto his land, and to his people.

[44] And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the

people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

[45] And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

[46] And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I

testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe

to do, all the words of this law.

[47] For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and

through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go

over Jordan to possess it.

[48] And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

[49] Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the

land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan,

which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

[50] And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy

people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his

people:

[51] Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the

waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me

not in the midst of the children of Israel.

[52] Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither

unto the land which I give the children of Israel.



2) Our Daily Bread for 20 March 2026 titled

Beyond the Blues



Psalms 59:9-17



9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) O my strength, I will wait on You;

for God is my refuge.

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) The God of lovingkindness will go before me;

God will cause me to look in triumph on my enemies.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not slay them,

lest my people forget;

scatter them by Your power,

and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

12 For the sin of their mouth

and the words of their lips,

may they be snared by their pride,

and because of curses and lies that they speak.

13 Consume them in wrath,

consume them so they no longer exist;

and let them know that God rules in Jacob

to the ends of the earth. Selah

14 At evening they return,

and growl like a dog,

and go around the city.

15 They roam about to eat,

and if they are not satisfied, they complain.

16 But I will sing of Your power;

I will sing aloud of Your lovingkindness in the morning,

for You have been my refuge

and escape in the day of my trouble.

17 To You, O my strength, I will sing,

for God is my refuge, and the God of my lovingkindness.



[9] Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

[10] The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire

upon mine enemies.

[11] Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and

bring them down, O Lord our shield.

[12] For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be

taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

[13] Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them

know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

[14] And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog,

and go round about the city.

[15] Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not

satisfied.

[16] But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in

the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my

trouble.

[17] Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the

God of my mercy.



Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is best known for enduring

classics like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "If You Could Read My

Mind." But one of his lesser-known songs is titled "The Minstrel of the Dawn."

(A minstrel is a troubadour, a singer who puts his poetry to music.) Like us,

Lightfoot's troubadour longs to be "more happy than blue." Although there are

always "blue" things to think about or dwell on, the minstrel chooses to

focus on happy things as the new day dawns and then to sing about them.



The minstrel of the psalms, David, penned a similar line: "In the morning I

will sing of your love" (Psalm 59:16). David had plenty of "blue" things to

dwell on - from enemies ready to attack him to fierce men slandering and

conspiring against him (vv. 1-3). "They return at evening," he sang, "snarling

like dogs, and prowl about the city" (v. 14). But he chose, as the new day

dawned, to focus not simply on something happy but on someone good - God - and

then sing of God's love, "my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble" (v. 16)

on "whom I can rely" (v. 17).



You may not be a singer-songwriter, but you can still be a minstrel of the

dawn. Like David, you can tell God, "I will sing of your strength, in the

morning I will sing of your love" (v. 16).



Reflect & Pray



What is it that makes you blue or causes you concern?

What would it look like for you to sing of God's love in the morning?



God my fortress and shield, I'm choosing

to sing beyond the blues this morning, to sing of Your steadfast love.

DEUTERONOMY 31



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."



[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.



The Song of Moses



30 Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished,

in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel:



Deuteronomy 31

[30] And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words

of this song, until they were ended.

Day 79, 20 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 30, Deuteronomy 31, Deuteronomy 32



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.



[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.



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.



[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."



[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.

DEUTERONOMY 29



Renewal of the Covenant



1 (Dt 5:2-3) These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded

Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,

besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.



[1] These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses

to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside

the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.



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.



[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 28





[15] But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of

the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes

which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee,

and overtake thee:

[16] Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the

field.

[17] Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

[18] Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the

increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

[19] Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when

thou goest out.

[20] The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all

that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and

until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby

thou hast forsaken me.

[21] The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have

consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

[22] The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and

with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and

with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou

perish.

[23] And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that

is under thee shall be iron.

[24] The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven

shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

[25] The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou

shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and

shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

[26] And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the

beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

[27] The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods,

and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

[28] The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment

of heart:

[29] And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and

thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and

spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

[30] Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou

shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a

vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

[31] Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat

thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and

shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,

and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

[32] Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and

thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and

there shall be no might in thine hand.

[33] The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou

knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

[34] So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt

see.

[35] The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore

botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy

head.

[36] The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee,

unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt

thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

[37] And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among

all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

[38] Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but

little in; for the locust shall consume it.

[39] Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of

the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

[40] Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt

not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

[41] Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for

they shall go into captivity.

[42] All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

[43] The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and

thou shalt come down very low.

[44] He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the

head, and thou shalt be the tail.

[45] Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee,

and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto

the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes

which he commanded thee:

[46] And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy

seed for ever.

[47] Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with

gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

[48] Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send

against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all

things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have

destroyed thee.

[49] The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of

the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt

not understand;

[50] A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of

the old, nor shew favour to the young:

[51] And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,

until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine,

or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have

destroyed thee.

[52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced

walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he

shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD

thy God hath given thee.

[53] And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons

and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege,

and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

[54] So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye

shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and

toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

[55] So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children

whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the

straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

[56] The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to

set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,

her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son,

and toward her daughter,

[57] And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and

toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of

all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall

distress thee in thy gates.

[58] If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are

written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,

THE LORD THY GOD;

[59] Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy

seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and

of long continuance.

[60] Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou

wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

[61] Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book

of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

[62] And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of

heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD

thy God.

[63] And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you

good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you,

and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land

whither thou goest to possess it.

[64] And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of

the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which

neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

[65] And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole

of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart,

and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

[66] And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day

and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

[67] In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou

shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith

thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

[68] And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way

whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye

shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall

buy you.

DEUTERONOMY 28



Warnings Against Disobedience



15 (Mal 2:2; Dt 28:2) But it will happen, if you will not listen to the voice

of the Lord your God, by being careful to do all His commandments and

His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will

come upon you and overtake you.

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

17 (Dt 28:5) Your basket and your kneading bowl will be cursed.

18 (Dt 28:4) Your offspring will be cursed along with the fruit of your land,

the produce of your herd, and the flocks of your sheep.

19 (Dt 28:6) You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

20 (Isa 51:20; 66:15) The Lord will send cursing, vexation, and rebuke on you

in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until

you perish quickly because of the wickedness of your doings, by which you

have forsaken Me.

21 (Lev 26:25; Jer 24:10) The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until

it has consumed you from the land, which you are going to possess.

22 (Lev 26:16; Am 4:9) The Lord will strike you with a wasting disease,

with a fever, with an inflammation, with an extreme heat, with the sword,

with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.

23 (Lev 26:19) The heavens which are over your head will be bronze,

and the earth that is under you will be iron.

24 (Dt 28:12) The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust.

It will come from heaven down on you until you are destroyed.

25 (Isa 30:17; Eze 23:46) The Lord will cause you to be defeated

before your enemies, and you will go out one way against them

and flee seven ways before them, and will be become an object

of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 (Jer 7:33; 16:4) Your carcass will be meat for all the fowls of the air

and beasts of the earth, and no man will frighten them away.

27 (1Sa 5:6; Ex 9:9) The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt

and with tumors, eczema, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

28 The Lord will strike you with madness, and blindness,

and bewilderment of heart.

29 (Job 5:14; Isa 59:10) You will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes

in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways. You will only be

oppressed and continually robbed, and no man will save you.

30 (Am 5:11; Jer 8:10; Job 31:10) You will be engaged to a woman

and another man shall rape her. You will build a house,

but you will not dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard,

but you will not gather its grapes.

31 Your ox will be killed before your eyes, and you will not eat of it.

Your donkey will be violently taken away from before you

and will not be returned to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies,

and you will have no one to rescue them.

32 (Dt 28:41; 2Ch 29:9) Your sons and your daughters will be given to another

people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long,

but there will be nothing you can do.

33 (Jer 5:17) A nation that you do not know will consume the produce

of your land and all your labors, and you will be nothing

but oppressed and crushed all the time.

34 You will go insane because of what your eyes will see.

35 (Dt 28:27) The Lord will strike you in the knees and legs with sore boils

that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 (Dt 4:28; 2Ki 25:11) The Lord will bring you and your king, which you

will set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known,

and there you will serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 (Jer 24:9; 1Ki 9:7-8) You will become a horror, a proverb, and an object of

ridicule among all nations where the Lord shall lead you.

38 (Joel 1:4; Mic 6:15) You will carry a lot of seed out into the field

but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.

39 You will plant vineyards and dress them, but will neither drink

of the wine nor gather the grapes, for worms will eat them.

40 (Mic 6:15) You will have olive trees throughout all your coasts,

but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olive will drop off.

41 (Dt 28:32; La 1:5) You will give birth to sons and daughters, but you will

not enjoy them, for they will go into captivity.

42 The locust will consume all of your trees and fruit of your land.

43 (Dt 28:13) The foreigner who resides with you will get up higher

and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

44 (Dt 28:12-13) He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him.

He will be the head, but you will be the tail.

45 (Dt 28:15) Moreover, all of these curses will come on you

and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed,

because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God,

by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

46 (Isa 8:18; Eze 14:8) They will be a perpetual sign and wonder

in regard to you and your descendants,

47 because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy

and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.

48 (Jer 28:13-14) Therefore, you will serve your enemies

whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness,

and need of all things, and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck

until He has destroyed you.

49 (La 4:19; Hos 8:1) The Lord will bring a nation against you from

far away, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies,

a nation whose language you will not understand,

50 (Isa 47:6; 2Ch 36:17) a nation with a fierce countenance,

which will not respect the old or show favor to the young.

51 (Dt 28:33; Isa 62:8) They will eat the offspring of your livestock

and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed.

They will leave you no grain, wine, or oil, or the offspring of your herd

or the offspring of your sheep, until they have destroyed you.

52 He will lay siege on you in all your towns until your high

and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout

all your land, and he will lay siege on you in all your towns

throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

53 (La 2:20; Lev 26:29; 2Ki 6:28-29) You will eat the offspring of your

own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the

Lord your God has given you, during the siege and distress

in which your enemies will persecute you.

54 (Dt 13:6; 15:9) The man who is tender among you, and very delicate,

his eye shall be hostile toward his brother and toward his beloved wife

and toward the rest of his children who remain,

55 so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children

which he will eat, because he has nothing left to him because of the siege

and the distress by which your enemies will persecute you in all your towns.

56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture

to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness

and tenderness, will be hostile toward her beloved husband,

and toward her son and her daughter,

57 and toward her afterbirth that comes out from between her legs,

and toward her children whom she will bear. For she will secretly

eat them because of lack during the siege and distress in which

your enemy will persecute you in your towns.

58 (Isa 42:8) If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law

that are written in this book so that you may fear this glorious

and fearful name, the Lord your God,

59 then the Lord will bring extraordinary plagues on you

and your descendants, even great long-lasting plagues,

and severe and long-lasting sicknesses.

60 (Dt 7:15) Moreover, He will bring all the diseases of Egypt upon you,

which you were afraid of, and they will cling to you.

61 Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the Book

of the Law will the Lord bring upon you until you are destroyed.

62 (Dt 4:27; 10:22) You will be left few in number, whereas you were

as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you would not obey

the voice of the Lord your God.

63 (Pr 1:26; Jer 32:41) It will be that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do

you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will take pleasure over you

to destroy you and to bring you to nothing. You will be plucked from

off the land which you go to possess.

64 (Lev 26:33; Dt 4:27-28) The Lord will scatter you among all the peoples,

from the one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve

other gods, wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

65 (Lev 26:36; 26:16) Among these nations you will find no ease, nor will

the sole of your foot have rest. But there the Lord will give you

a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread day

and night and will have no assurance of your life.

67 (Dt 28:34; Job 7:3-4) In the morning you will say,

"Would to God it were evening!" And at evening you will say,

"Would to God it were morning!" because of the fear of your heart

and because of the sights your eyes will see.

68 (Dt 17:16; Jer 43:7) The Lord will bring you into Egypt again with ships,

by the way by which I spoke to you, "You will not see it ever again."

And there you will be sold to your enemies as male and female slaves,

but no one will buy you.

Day 78, 19 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 28, Deuteronomy 29



DEUTERONOMY 28



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, t

hen 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.

3 (Ge 39:5) You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

4 (Ge 49:25; Dt 7:13) Your offspring will be blessed, and the produce

of your ground, and the offspring of your livestock, the increase

of your herd and the flocks of your sheep.

5 Your basket and your kneading bowl will be blessed.

6 (Ps 121:8) You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 (Lev 26:7-8; Dt 28:25) The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against

you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and

flee before you seven ways.

8 (Lev 25:21; Dt 15:10) The Lord will command the blessing on you in your

barns and in all that you set your hand to do, and He will bless you in the

land which the Lord your God is giving you.

9 (Ex 19:5-6; Dt 7:6; 13:17) The Lord will establish you as a holy people

to Himself, just as He swore to you, if you will keep the commandments

of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.

10 (2Ch 7:14; Nu 6:27) All people of the earth shall see that you are called

by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.

11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,

in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,

and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord

swore to your fathers to give you.

12 (Lev 26:4; Dt 15:6) The Lord will open up to you His good treasure,

the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all

the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will

not borrow.

13 (Dt 28:1; Isa 9:14-15) The Lord will make you the head and not the tail;

you will only be above and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the

commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today,

to observe and to do them.

14 (Dt 5:32) Also, you shall not turn aside from any of the words which

I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after

other gods to serve them.



[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.

[3] Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the

field.

[4] Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and

the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy

sheep.

[5] Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

[6] Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be

when thou goest out.

[7] The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be

smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee

before thee seven ways.

[8] The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in

all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land

which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

[9] The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath

sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,

and walk in his ways.

[10] And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name

of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

[11] And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy

body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the

land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

[12] The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the

rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:

and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

[13] And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt

be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the

commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe

and to do them:

[14] And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee

this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve

them.

DEUTERONOMY 27



[1] And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep

all the commandments which I command you this day.

[2] And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land

which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great

stones, and plaister them with plaister:

[3] And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art

passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God

giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy

fathers hath promised thee.

[4] Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up

these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt

plaister them with plaister.

[5] And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of

stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

[6] Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou

shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

[7] And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice

before the LORD thy God.

[8] And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very

plainly.

[9] And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,

Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the

LORD thy God.

[10] Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his

commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

[11] And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

[12] These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are

come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and

Benjamin:

[13] And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher,

and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

[14] And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a

loud voice,

[15] Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an

abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and

putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

[16] Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

[17] Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[18] Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

[19] Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless,

and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[20] Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth

his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[21] Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[22] Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or

the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[23] Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[24] Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[25] Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

[26] Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.

And all the people shall say, Amen.



2) Our Daily Bread for 18 March 2026 titled

Made for Community by Alyson Kieda



Ecclesiastes 4:8-12



8 (Pr 27:20; Ecc 1:8) There is a man who is alone,

neither having son or brother,

and there is not an end to all his toil,

and his eyes are not satisfied with riches to say,

"For whom do I labor

and cause my life to lack good things?"

Also this is vanity

and a burdensome task.

9 Two are better than one,

because there is a good reward for their labor together.

10 For if they fall,

then one will help up his companion.

But woe to him who is alone when he falls

and has no one to help him up.

11 Also if two lie down together, then they will keep warm;

but how can one keep warm by himself?

12 And if someone might overpower another by himself,

two together can withstand him.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.



8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child

nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye

satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave

my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that

is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat:

but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him;

and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.



When my husband, Alan, and I decided to move across the country to

Philadelphia to further his education, I didn't have a job lined up,

and we had no idea how we would afford student housing. On a Sunday, shortly

before we were to leave, a church acquaintance introduced us to a former

student of the university Alan was to attend who knew of an affordable

apartment. Then, before we left, a workmate gave me the name of a contact at a

Christian ministry. God answered our prayers and gave us

opportunities - including an apartment and a job - through His people.

Friends and family helped us move and ushered us on with prayer.



The author of Ecclesiastes wrote about the benefits of not going through life

alone: "Two are better than one" (4:9). Two get more work done, can help each

other through struggles, offer companionship, and ward against

danger (vv. 9-11). He went on to say, "A cord of three strands is not quickly

broken" (v. 12). A community has even greater benefits. More resources,

more support.



Alan and I benefited from the community we left behind. And God helped us

build a new community to help us feel at home in the big city. If you feel

alone, ask God to help you find a friend, a good church, or a place to serve

in a community.



Reflect & Pray



What communities are you a part of? How do you help each other?



Dear God, thank You for surrounding me

with friends and family. Please help me to invite others into Your community.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 4 - Daddy!



Romans 8:15



'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have

received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '



15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have

received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.



"I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship

with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,

Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the

important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated

that he was, indeed a warm, approachable, affectionate man.

Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;

others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father

who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.

But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything

we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,

totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has

created us to be.

In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,

Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.

God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready

to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,

loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lap and let him comfort us.

When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a

"spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called

to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.

We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,

and he is our loving Daddy.



Application



a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?

How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?



b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have

God as my Father?