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3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and forever Day 6 - Eternal Life, Beginning now



John 10:28 - I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,

nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand.



28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,

neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.



In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, one of the Spirits in heaven, identifying

himself as George MacDonald, makes some startling statements on the nature of

eternal life. Depending upon the individual's choice for or against Christ,

MacDonald says, everything in life takes on the character of haven or hell.

"At the end of ALL THINGS, when the sun rises here (in heaven) and the twilight

turns to blackness down there, the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived

anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.'

And both will speak truly" - From the Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis.

Lewis was not trying to make a theological case, but to demonstrate

a principle: eternal life begins now.

The choices that we make for or against obedience to God, the life we live,

the patterns we establish, all move us in one direction of the other.

And when we have decided to choose obedience to God (the forsakeness of sin),

when we give ourselves fully into his hands, he is able to take the worst of

circumstances and redeem them for our good, use them to mature us in his image.

Again Jesus says in John 10:28

"I give them eternal life. They shall never perish,

nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. "

In Christ is a very secure place to be. No experience is lost, no pain is

wasted. Everything in our lives is redeemed by God for our benefit.



Application



a) How have I experienced the truth that "eternal life begins now"?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Hebr 11:6



6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,

for he who comes to God must believe that He exists

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.



6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them

that diligently seek him.



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



When you are Burdened by Doubt



Matt 7:7-11



Ask, Seek, Knock



Lk 11:9-13



7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

knock and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,

and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,

will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts

to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give

good things to those who ask Him!



7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,

and it shall be opened unto you:

8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,

will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,

how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things

to them that ask 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.





6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an Islamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further





Pray during Eid al Fitr



The sighting of the new moon marks the beginning of the new Islamic

month and Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Breaking the Fast begins! After

thirty long days of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan

is the most joyful time of the year. And the celebrations usually lasts

two or three days.



Traditions vary, but many are shared by Muslim people groups across

cultures and continents. Many Muslims will buy new clothes, enjoy

special foods, and exchange gifts. In Muslim majority nations, the

streets may be decorated, and festivals will be held. Children may go

door to door to be given sweets.



For many Muslims, Eid al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak

and the distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the

five pillars of Islam. You can greet Muslim friends during this time by

saying, "Eid Mubarak!", which means "Blessed Eid!"



Pray without ceasing!



"17 (Eph 6:18; Lk 18:1) Pray without ceasing.

18 (Eph 5:20; Heb 13:15) In everything give thanks,

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

19 (Eph 4:30; 1Co 14:30; 1Ti 4:14) Do not quench the Spirit. "



[17] Pray without ceasing.

[18] In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus

concerning you.

[19] Quench not the Spirit.



- 1 Thess 5:17-19



Consider how to pray for and support believers from a Muslim

background. Mark a spot on calendar now to pray for MBBs on the Global

Day of Prayer for Muslim Background Believers on 18 November. The

website is www.mbbglobal.net and there is usually a live streamed

prayer meeting on their Facebook page.



Communio Messianica is a global movement dedicated to supporting

Christians from a Muslim background. A member of the WEA, Communio

supports the inclusion of believers from a Muslim background into local

churches where possible and the establishment of house churches of MBBs

in places where the environment is hostile to these believers. Pray for

them as they seek to encourage and resource believers from a Muslim

background worldwide. Learn more at www.communiomessianica.org



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



20th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



( Matthew 19:14



14 (Mt 18:3; Lk 18:16-17)

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me,

and do not forbid them. For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."



14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not,

to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.



)



b) Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



(



Eph 6:12



12 (Eph 1:3; 1:21) For our fight is not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers

of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces

of evil in the heavenly places.



12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against

spiritual wickedness in high places.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord to remember His rewards in Blessings.



Pray to the Lord and pray for Him for obedience and successfulness.



Pray to the Lord: "God my fortress and shield, I'm choosing

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



Pray to the Lord and pray to experiance that Eternity starts now.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek Him in Faith.



Pray to be determined in prayer.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Pray without ceasing for Muslims to come to Jesus.



Pray for the children of Canada, that they would come to know

Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord.



Pray that Christians will recognise that our struggle is not

against the natural world but against invisible spiritual forces.



MALI



May the Bibles that have been distributed in local languages

in Mali bring joy and spiritual growth to believers.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

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.

2) Our Daily Bread for 19 March 2026 titled

Waiting for God by Winn Collier



Lamentations 3:22-33



22 (Mal 3:6; Ps 78:38) It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;

His compassions do not fail.

23 (Zep 3:5; Ps 36:5) They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

24 (Ps 16:5; 73:26) "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,

"therefore I will hope in Him."

25 (Isa 25:9; 30:18) The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,

to the soul who seeks Him.

26 (Ps 37:7; 130:5) It is good that a man should wait quietly

for the salvation of the Lord.

27 (Ecc 12:1) It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

28 (Jer 15:17; La 2:10) Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;

29 (Job 40:4) let him put his mouth in the dust-there may yet be hope.

30 (Isa 50:6; Job 16:10) Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

31 (Ps 94:14; 77:7) For the Lord will not cast off forever.

32 (Ps 78:38; Hos 11:8) But though He causes grief,

yet He will have compassion according to the abundance of His mercies.

33 (Eze 33:11) For He does not afflict from His heart,

nor grieve the sons of men.



[22] It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his

compassions fail not.

[23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

[24] The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

[25] The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh

him.

[26] It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the

salvation of the LORD.

[27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

[28] He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

[29] He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

[30] He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with

reproach.

[31] For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

[32] But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the

multitude of his mercies.

[33] For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.



James 1:2-8



Faith and Wisdom



2 (Jas 1:12) My brothers, count it all joy

when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 (Heb 10:36; 2Pe 1:6) knowing that the trying

of your faith develops patience.

4 (Mt 5:48; Lk 21:19) But let patience perfect its work,

that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 (Pr 2:3-6; Jn 15:7) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,

who gives to all men liberally and without criticism,

and it will be given to him.

6 (Eph 4:14) But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 (Jas 4:8; 2Pe 2:14) A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.



[2] My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

[3] Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

[4] But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.

[5] If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men

liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

[6] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like

a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

[7] For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

[8] A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.



Joseph combed the job listings frustratedly. Previous jobs as a waiter had

paid well, but regular weekend shifts typical of the restaurant industry made

it hard for him as a new believer in Jesus to attend church regularly. "Why

doesn't God answer my prayer?" he lamented. "Wouldn't He want me to attend

church?"



It took a year before Joseph saw that he had to adjust his expectations

and try a different industry, where he finally found a job with regular

weekday shifts. Thanking God, he realised how the long wait had made him more

mature in making decisions. This job change process had also taught Joseph

what it means to persevere in life and trust in God to reveal His plans in His

time.



That's what James told Jewish believers in Jesus, who were scattered and

facing trials. Encouraging them not to give up, he said, "Let perseverance

finish its work so that you may be mature and complete" (James 1:4). The

process of asking God for wisdom, waiting, and standing firm (vv. 5-6) would

not only nurture their patience and trust in God but also help them grow in

maturity as they learned more about themselves and God.



Waiting for God's answer can be tough, but it makes us more mature and

steadfast, strengthens our faith, and gives us a deeper understanding of what

it means to trust God.



Reflect & Pray



What's the hardest part of waiting for God's answer to prayers?

How can you draw on His strength to keep trusting in Him?



Dear Father, thank You for the assurance

that You're compassionate and hear my prayers.

Please give me the wisdom and patience to keep trusting You.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave



John 3:16-17



16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into

the world to condemn the world, but that the world

through Him might be saved."



16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;

but that the world through him might be saved.



Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,

even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.

WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),

and think that we understand the truth because we know the words.

Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?

Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,

humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from

the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned

against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose

for himself, Israel rebelled against the Lord and turned to other gods.

And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried

to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or

acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.

We have become our own gods.

Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,

the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,

but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world

to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but that the world

through Him might be saved."

Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly

suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin

and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us

from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,

and he still continues to give.



Application



a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?



b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?



c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 1:3



He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that brings forth its fruit in its season;

its leaf will not wither,

and whatever he does will prosper.



3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;

His leaf also shall not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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



When you are Angry or Vengeful



James 1:19-25



Hearing and Doing the Word



19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, and slow to anger,

20 for the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God.

21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and remaining

wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able

to save your souls.

22 Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man

viewing his natural face in a mirror.

24 He views himself, and goes his way,

and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But whoever looks into

the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it,

and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work,

this man will be blessed in his deeds.



19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,

slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,

and receive with meekness the engrafted word,

which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,

deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,

he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway

forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,

and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer,

but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.





6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an Islamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further





Pray for Saudi Arabia



Over the past few years, the Spirit of God has been sweeping over Saudi

Arabia. There is no city or region of Saudi Arabia that is unaffected

by the gospel. Muslim background believers are bravely broadcasting

their faith and Bible teaching through social media and the internet.



While this is clearly the work of God, some credit must also go to

certain members of the royal family. They are moving Saudi to becoming

a more open, tolerant society. They are walking a fine line - dangerous

for them - which is allowing followers of Jesus freedoms unprecedented

for 1400 years.



One young Saudi believer was told by his family that he could not be

Saudi and follow Jesus. They told him that his nationality would be

stripped away. So, he went online to the government website and wrote a

message to the authorities: "My great, great grandfather is Saudi. My

great grandfather is Saudi. My grandfather is Saudi. My father is

Saudi. And I, too, am both a Saudi and a Christian. Where do I fit in

the Saudi of today?"



There was no private response to him, but new national human rights

declarations later announced that any person in Saudi can pray in their

homes in any way they want. He took that as his personal answer and

promptly started carrying a Bible with him in public. Dressed in the

fully Saudi white robe and red and white checkered head scarf, he is

quite the picture walking the local streets.



How to Pray



Pray for the emergence of a vibrant and Spirit-filled Saudi church

that is grounded in the Word.

Ask God to protect government leaders whom He is using to open the

door for the spread of the Gospel.

Pray for the 60+ unreached people groups within Saudi. Pray that

they would have access to the Gospel.



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



19th Day of the Month



a) Pray the the Holy Spirit will influence our governmental leaders

as they make vital decisions that shape Canadian Society



(



1 Tim 2:1-2



)



b) Pray for the province of Prince Edward Island



I) Pray for the leaders of Prince Edward Island,

that God's Spirit would influencePray for the Saharawi of Algeria

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet

and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge

of the truth.



)



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to walk with Him in Obedience.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, thank You for the assurance

that You're compassionate and hear my prayers.

Please give me the wisdom and patience to keep trusting You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Love

of God and Jesus that forgives sins.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be rooted in godly righteousness.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be a doer of the Word.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Pray for the emergence of a vibrant and Spirit-filled Saudi church

that is grounded in the Word.

Ask God to protect government leaders whom He is using to open the

door for the spread of the Gospel.

Pray for the 60+ unreached people groups within Saudi. Pray that

they would have access to the Gospel.



MYANMAR (BURMA)



Pray the words of Matthew 10:16

16 (Lk 10:3; Ge 3:1) "Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst

of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. "

[16] Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye

therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

over those who are ministering amid a complicated civil war.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

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.

4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland



Deut 8:18



18 But you must remember the Lord your God,

for it is He who gives you the ability to get wealth,

so that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers,

as it is today.



18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth

thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant

which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.



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



When you are lonely



PSALMS 25:15-21



15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord,

for He will lead my feet from the net.

16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me,

for I am isolated and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

bring me out of my distresses.

18 Look on my pain and misery,

and forgive all my sins.

19 Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with violent hatred.

20 Watch over my life, and deliver me!

Let me not suffer shame,

for I seek refuge in You.

21 Truth and integrity will preserve me

while I wait for You.



Ain

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;

For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Pe

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;

For I am desolate and afflicted.

Zade

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:

O bring thou me out of my distresses.

(Qoph)

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain;

And forgive all my sins.

Resh

19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many;

And they hate me with cruel hatred.

Shin

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:

Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Taw

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;

For I wait on thee.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13





9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.





6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further





Pray for the Turkmen of Karakalpakstan



Turkmenistan is Central Asia's smallest country by population. Its 6

million residents share most of Turkmenistan's land mass with the

Karakum desert, driving Turkmen to migrate to other countries in search

of work. This has led more than 130000 Turkmen to live in the south of

Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region within Uzbekistan.



Nasiba is a Turkmen woman who has come to know the love of God. Full of

conviction, she has lived out her new faith in Jesus by becoming

involved in Bible translation work. When she was discovered by the

authorities, interrogations and harassment followed. Those were weeks

that no one would voluntarily choose. In her distress, she fled

Turkmenistan, her beloved homeland.



She decided to go and serve among her people in the south of

Karakalpakstan, despite her past and knowing the risk. She was deeply

moved by the fact that Muslim Turkmen have hardly any access to the

good news of Jesus. With the help of development aid projects, she is

now building relationships with the Turkmen living there. She combines

her work with verses from the Bible and shares these with the locals.



One winegrower heard her share Bible stories about "vines and grapes".

The seed took root in his heart and soon grew into a tender little

plant. Full of enthusiasm, he maintains a simple, childlike faith.

Nasiba visits her friends regularly, takes time for them, listens to

their worries and joys, shares her faith, and disciples them.

See also Pray for Jordan



How to Pray



Ask God to bless Nasiba's ministry and call more workers to this

region.

Pray that the seeds of the Gospel will sprout and thrive in Turkmen

hearts.

Pray protection on the young believers and that they will remain

rooted in Jesus.



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



18th Day of the Month



a) Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



( Jer 31:25



25 For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.



25 For I have satiated the weary soul,

and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

)



b) Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity



( Ps 34:7



7 The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him,

and delivers them.



7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

And delivereth them.



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to remember to walk honourably in His ways.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You for surrounding me

with friends and family. Please help me to invite others into Your community."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know God as Loving Father.



Pray to the Lord and pray to honour His Covenant.



Pray to the Lord and pray that Truth and integrity to preserve you.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Ask God to bless Nasiba's ministry and call more workers to this

region.

Pray that the seeds of the Gospel will sprout and thrive in Turkmen

hearts.

Pray protection on the young believers and that they will remain

rooted in Jesus.



Pray that pastors will experience spiritual, emotional and physical

refreshing for the presence of the Lord



Pray that the Lord will protect and deliver our nation from

danger and adversity





HONDURAS



Pray that Christians will boldly share the hope

they have in Christ among rural communities in Honduras.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God

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?

DEUTERONOMY 25





[11] When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one

draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth

him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

[12] Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

[13] Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

[14] Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a

small.

[15] But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just

measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which

the LORD thy God giveth thee.

[16] For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

[17] Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth

out of Egypt;

[18] How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all

that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared

not God.

[19] Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from

all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the

remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.



DEUTERONOMY 26



First Fruits and Tithes



1 And it must be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God

is giving you for an inheritance, and you possess it, and dwell in it,

2 (Ex 23:19; 23:16) that you shall take from the first of all the produce

of the ground which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God

is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord

your God chooses to make His name abide.

3 You shall go to the priest in office at that time and say to him,

"I profess this day to the Lord your God that I have come into the land

which the Lord promised to our fathers to give us."

4 The priest will take the basket out of your hand and set it down

before the altar of the Lord your God.

5 (Ge 43:1-2; 46:27) Then you must answer and say before the Lord your God,

"A wandering ArameanRebekah, Jacob’s mother, was an Aramean.

was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with

only a few in number, but there he became a great, mighty,

and populous nation.

6 (Ex 1:11; 1:14) However, the Egyptians mistreated

and afflicted us, and laid upon us harsh labor.

7 (Ex 3:9) And when we cried to the Lord God of our fathers,

the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction,

our labor, and our oppression.

8 (Dt 4:34; Ex 12:37; 12:51) And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt

with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror,

and with signs and wonders.

9 (Ex 3:8) Then He brought us into this place, and has given us this land,

a land that flows with milk and honey.

10 Now, indeed, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which you,

O Lord, have given me." Then you must set it before the Lord your God

and worship before the Lord your God.

11 (Dt 12:7; 16:11) You must rejoice in every good thing which the Lord

your God has given to you and your house, you, and the Levite,

as well as the foreigner who is among you.

12 (Lev 27:30; Nu 18:24) When you have finished tithing all the tithes

of your income the third year, which is the year of tithing,

and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow,

that they may eat within your towns and be satisfied,

13 (Ps 119:141; 119:153) then you shall say before the Lord your God,

"I have removed the sacred things out of my house and also have

given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the orphan,

and to the widow, according to all Your commandments

which You have commanded me. I have not transgressed

Your commandments or forgotten them.

14 (Lev 7:20; 21:1) I have not eaten anything when in mourning,

nor have I removed anything while unclean, nor offered anything to the dead.

I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God and have done according

to all that You have commanded me.

15 (Isa 63:15; Zec 2:13) Look down from Your holy habitation,

from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which

You have given us, as You swore to our fathers,

a land flowing with milk and honey."



[1] And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy

God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

[2] That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which

thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt

put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall

choose to place his name there.

[3] And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say

unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the

country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.

[4] And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down

before the altar of the LORD thy God.

[5] And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to

perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with

a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

[6] And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us

hard bondage:

[7] And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our

voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

[8] And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with

an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with

wonders:

[9] And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,

even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

[10] And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which

thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God,

and worship before the LORD thy God:

[11] And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath

given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the

stranger that is among you.

[12] When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase

the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the

Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat

within thy gates, and be filled;

[13] Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the

hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite,

and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all

thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy

commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

[14] I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away

ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but

I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to

all that thou hast commanded me.

[15] Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people

Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our

fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.



An Exhortation to Obey



16 Today the Lord your God has commanded you to do these statutes

and judgments. You must therefore keep and do them with all your

heart and with all your soul.

17 (Ex 24:7) You have affirmed today that the Lord is your God

and vowed to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes,

and His commandments, and His judgments, and to listen to His voice.

18 (Dt 7:6; 14:2) And the Lord has affirmed today that you are His special

people, just as He has promised you, and that you should keep

all His commandments.

19 (Dt 7:6; 28:1) He will exalt you above all nations which He has made,

in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people

to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.



[16] This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and

judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul.

[17] Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his

ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and

to hearken unto his voice:

[18] And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as

he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

[19] And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise,

and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the

LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.



DEUTERONOMY 27



The Altar on Mount Ebal



1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying:

Keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today.

2 (Jos 4:1) On the day when you cross over the Jordan into the land

which the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up for yourself

great stones, and cover them with plaster.

3 (Dt 26:9; Jos 8:32) Then you must write all the words of this law on them,

when you cross over, so that you may enter into the land which the Lord

your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey,

just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you.

4 Therefore, when you cross over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones,

which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal,

and you shall cover them with plaster.

5 (Ex 20:25) There you must build an altar to the Lord your God,

an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.

6 You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones,

and you must offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

7 (Dt 12:7) You must offer peace offerings and eat there,

and rejoice before the Lord your God.

8 (Hab 2:2) You must write all the words of this law

very clearly on the stones.

9 Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying:

Be silent and listen, O Israel. Today you have become the people

of the Lord your God.

10 Therefore, you must obey the voice of the Lord your God

and do His commandments and His statutes, which I am commanding you today.

11 Moses commanded the people the same day, saying:

12 (Jdg 9:7) These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people

when you cross over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph,

and Benjamin.

13 And these must stand on Mount Ebal for the curse:

Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 (Da 9:11) The Levites will answer and say to all the men of Israel

with a loud voice:

15 (Ex 20:4; 34:17) "Cursed is the man who makes any graven or molded image,

an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and

puts it in a secret place" And all the people shall answer and say, "Amen."

16 (Ex 20:12; 21:17) "Cursed is he who disrespects his father or his mother."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

17 (Dt 19:14; Pr 22:28) "Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

18 (Lev 19:14) "Cursed is he who misleads the blind man on the road."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

19 (Dt 10:18; 24:17) "Cursed is he who perverts justice for the foreigner,

orphan, and widow." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

20 (Dt 22:30; Lev 18:8) "Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife,

for he dishonors his father." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

21 (Lev 18:23; Ex 22:19) "Cursed is he who lies with any kind of beast."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

22 (Lev 18:9; 20:17) "Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter

of his father, or the daughter of his mother."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

23 (Lev 20:14; 18:17) "Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

24 (Lev 24:17; Nu 35:31) "Cursed is he who strikes down

his neighbor secretly." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

25 (Ex 23:7-8; Dt 10:17) "Cursed is he who receives pay to slay

an innocent person." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

26 (Gal 3:10; Ps 119:21) "Cursed is he who does not confirm

all the words of this law by doing them."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."