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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 Bozo of Mali



As a young Bozo man, Ibrahima was used to fishing and wading through

rice fields. He came to the capital looking for adventure and a way to

make money. So, he took on the arduous task of diving off a boat at

night, hauling up buckets of sand from the riverbed to make cement. It

was a hard life.



When he met Marie, a literacy worker, he wasn't interested in Jesus,

but he was eager to learn to read since he had very little schooling

growing up. As Marie taught him to read, she also shared Bible stories

with him. Hearing the Word for himself, he came to believe in Jesus and

chose to follow Him.



"Before," Ibrahima said, "I couldn't sleep at night. I was anxious

about life's concerns. As soon as I came to Jesus, I had peace and

could sleep."



Predictably, Ibrahima's family were unhappy. Perhaps if they could get

him married to the bride they'd chosen for him, he'd come to his

senses. But Ibrahima refused. This situation brought great shame and

embarrassment on his family.



Ibrahima waited over ten years while he patiently prayed for a

Christian bride. Their wedding celebration last summer was a huge

event. His family came from far and wide, amazed to see what a

Christian wedding would be like.



Today, Ibrahima shines with joy and love for those around him. He is

fully committed to serving Jesus and has been recording Scripture radio

programs, sharing the Bible live on the radio, and even translating the

Scripture into his own language. He has selflessly loved his family,

and they have grown to respect him, listen to him, and even come to him

for advice.



How to Pray



Pray for Ibrahima and his wife to see much fruit from their

ministry among the Bozo.

Pray that strongholds of serving spirits would break down, and that

Bozo who believe would no longer be afraid to follow Jesus.

Pray that the many Scripture products now available in three of

their languages would be widely accessed and be deeply impactful.





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



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7 Peace be within thy walls,

And prosperity within thy palaces.)



b) Pray for the province of Ontario



I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,

that God's Spirit would influence

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.



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



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Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to be in obedience with the Lord

pure and unrebellious.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, You're the giver and sustainer of life.

May I find satisfaction in You."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that the Lord will not separate from you.



Pray to the Lord and pray not to lay treasure for yourself.



Pray to the Lord and pray for patience in your life.



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 Ibrahima and his wife to see much fruit from their

ministry among the Bozo.

Pray that strongholds of serving spirits would break down, and that

Bozo who believe would no longer be afraid to follow Jesus.

Pray that the many Scripture products now available in three of

their languages would be widely accessed and be deeply impactful.



Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



DJIBOUTI



Pray for the growth of Djiboutian churches,

despite governmental bans on public gatherings.



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 23





[15] Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped

from his master unto thee:

[16] He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall

choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress

him.

[17] There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of

the sons of Israel.

[18] Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into

the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are

abomination unto the LORD thy God.

[19] Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of

victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

[20] Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou

shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that

thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

[21] When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack

to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would

be sin in thee.

[22] But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

[23] That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a

freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which

thou hast promised with thy mouth.

[24] When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat

grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy

vessel.

[25] When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou

mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto

thy neighbour's standing corn.



2) Our Daily Bread for 17 March 2026 titled

Jesus - Food for the Soul by Arthur Jackson



John 6:35,41-51



35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life.

Whoever comes to Me shall never hunger, and whoever believes

in Me shall never thirst."

41 The Jews then murmured about Him, because He said,

"I am the bread which came down from heaven."

42 They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother

we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven'? "

43 Jesus therefore answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.

44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draws him.

And I will raise him up on the last day.

45 It is written in the Prophets, 'They shall all be taught by God.'

Therefore everyone who has heard and has learned of the Father comes to Me.

46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God.

He has seen the Father.

47 Truly, truly I say to you, whoever believes in Me has eternal life.

48 I am the bread of life.

49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it

and not die.

51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats

of this bread, he will live forever. The bread which I shall give

for the life of the world is My flesh."





[35] And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me

shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

[41] The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which

came down from heaven.

[42] And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and

mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

[43] Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among

yourselves.

[44] No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:

and I will raise him up at the last day.

[45] It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh

unto me.

[46] Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath

seen the Father.

[47] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath

everlasting life.

[48] I am that bread of life.

[49] Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

[50] This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat

thereof, and not die.

[51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of

this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my

flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.



In the African American home I was raised in, meals often included scrumptious

"soul food." The term originated in the mid-1960s when "soul" was a common

term used to describe African American culture. Soul food menu items included

fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, greens, sweet potatoes, corn bread, and

more. Desserts were a bonus; the "tastebud-tickling" peach cobbler was

the most satisfying to me. What a feast!



Feasting in different cultures looks different, but because food is essential

for life, Jesus' words in John 6:35 are significant for all people: "I am the

bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth

on me shall never thirst."



Such claims as these would be outrageous if they were made by a mere human

being. But Jesus, the Christ, could make such astounding claims because He's

the very Son of God. He told "sign-seekers" - those seeking immediate,

short-term benefit (see vv. 2, 14, 26, 30) - that satisfaction of physical

hunger wasn't enough. As the Son of God, Jesus is the source of true

life (14:6) and the sustainer of life. All those who believe in Him for the

forgiveness of sins through His death and resurrection (11:25-26) share

His life. Jesus is the essential food for the soul. Life, nourishment,

and true satisfaction are found in Him alone.



Reflect & Pray



How does Jesus nourish and satisfy you?

What's keeping you from seeking

the one who says, "I am the bread of life"?



Dear Jesus, You're the giver and sustainer of life.

May I find satisfaction in You.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 3 - Inseparable From God's Love



Romans 8:38-39



38 (Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22) For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present

nor things to come,

39 (Ro 5:8) neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing,

shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor

principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to

separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



Separation is a fact of human life. Relationships disintegrate,

children grow up, loved ones die, husbands and wives divorce,

friends changes and drift apart. We may resist change and separation,

but we must deal with them nevertheless.

Separation sometimes is a natural result of growth and development;

sometimes it is a violent, cataclysmic shaking of an individual's life.

2 lifelong friends go separate ways to college or into future careers;

a church splits over doctrinal differences; a wife finds out a hidden

secret in her husband's past.

But with God, there is no separation, no death, no breaking of vows,

no growing beyond the relationship. Nothing, says Paul, can separate

us from the love of God. A skeleton in my closet, once revealed, may

cost me the trust of those I thought were my friends. But God knows

all my past, all my sin; he forgives, and it cannot separate me from him.

My present personal struggles may cause trouble in my job and result in

the loss of that income, but God understands what I'm going through,

and even when I'm angry at him, he can take it without drawing away

or striking back. My present problems cannot separate me from the Lord.

And God knows, too, the plan he has established for my future. I cannot

walk away from him, grow beyond my need for him, or outrun him into

tomorrow.

She may separate me from my awareness of God's presence in my life,

but it cannot set me beyond his reach. There is no power that is greater

than God's love, and no place I can go that will separate me

from that love.



Application



a) Have I ever felt separated from the love of God? Under what circumstances?



b) How can today's verse free me from anxiety about the past,

the present or the future?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Luke 12:21



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



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



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



When you are Impatient



James 5:7-11



Patience and Prayer



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

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

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

8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts,

for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.

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

Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

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

as an example of suffering and patience.

11 Indeed we count them happy who endure.

You have heard of the patience of Job

and have seen the purpose of the Lord,

that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.



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

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

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

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

draweth nigh.

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

behold, the judge standeth before the door.

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

for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

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

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

and of tender mercy.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

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

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

as we forgive our debtors.

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

but deliver us from evil.

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



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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

DEUTERONOMY 22



Laws About Marriage



13 (Ge 29:2) 1If any man takes a wife and has sexual relations with her

and then rejects her,

14 and accuses her of impropriety and publicly

defames her, saying, "I married this woman, but when I had sexual

relations with her, I found her not to be a virgin,"

15 then the father and mother of the girl must produce evidence of the girl's

virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

16 The girl's father must say to the elders,

"I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he has rejected her.

17 What is more, he has accused her of impropriety, saying,

'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' However, this is the evidence

of my daughter's virginity."

And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

18 The elders of that city must take that man and punish him,

19 (Dt 22:29; Mt 19:8-9) and they must fine him a hundred shekels

{About 2 1/2 pounds, or 1.2 kilograms. } of silver and give them

to the father of the girl, because he has publicly humiliated

a virgin of Israel. Then she is to remain his wife. He may not divorce

her all his days.

20 But if the accusation is true, and the evidence of virginity

does not exist for the girl,

21 (Ge 34:7; Dt 13:5) then they shall bring the girl out to the door of

her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones

until she dies, because she has brought disgrace into Israel,

to act like a whore in her father's house.

In this way you may purge the evil from among you.

22 (Lev 20:10; Heb 13:4) If a man is discovered lying with a married woman,

then both of them must die, both the man that lay with the woman,

and the woman. In this way you may purge the evil from Israel.

23 (Mt 1:18-19) If a girl who is a virgin is engaged to a man,

and another man finds her in the city and has sexual relations with her,

24 (Dt 21:14; 22:21-22) then you must bring them both out to the gate

of that city and you must stone them with stones until they die,

the girl because she did not cry out even though in the city,

and the man because he has violated his neighbor's wife.

In this way you may purge the evil from among you.

25 But if a man finds an engaged girl in the field,

and the man forces her and rapes her, then only the man

that raped her shall die.

26 (Dt 21:22) However, you are to do nothing to the girl.

There is no sin worthy of death in the girl, for just as

when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him,

so is this matter.

27 For he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out,

but there was no one to save her.

28 (Ex 22:16-17) If a man finds a girl who is a virgin who is not engaged

and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered,

29 (Dt 21:14; 22:19) then the man who lay with her must give fifty shekels

{About 1 1/4 pounds, or 575 grams.} of silver to the girl's father,

and she shall be his wife because he has violated her.

He may not divorce her all his days.

30 (Lev 18:8; Dt 27:20) A man must not marry his father's wife and

in this way dishonor his father.



[13] If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

[14] And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name

upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her

not a maid:

[15] Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring

forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in

the gate:

[16] And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter

unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

[17] And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found

not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's

virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

[18] And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

[19] And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give

them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name

upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away

all his days.

[20] But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for

the damsel:

[21] Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house,

and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because

she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house:

so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

[22] If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they

shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman:

so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

[23] If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man

find her in the city, and lie with her;

[24] Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye

shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried

not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's

wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

[25] But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force

her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

[26] But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no

sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and

slayeth him, even so is this matter:

[27] For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and

there was none to save her.

[28] If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and

lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

[29] Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father

fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled

her, he may not put her away all his days.

[30] A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's

skirt.



DEUTERONOMY 23



Exclusion From the Assembly



1 No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off

may enter the assembly of the Lord.

2 (Zec 9:6) No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly

of the Lord. Even to his tenth generation no one related to him

may enter the assembly of the Lord.

3 (Ne 13:1-2) No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly

of the Lord. Even to their tenth generation they may not enter

the assembly of the Lord forever,

4 (Ne 13:2; 2Pe 2:15) because they refused you bread and water

on the way, when you came from out of Egypt and because

they hired Balaam, the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia,

against you to curse you.

5 Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam.

Instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing

on you because the Lord your God loves you.

6 (Ezr 9:12) You are not ever to seek their peace nor their prosperity

all your days.

7 (Ex 22:21; Dt 10:19; Ex 23:9) You are not to abhor an Edomite,

for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian,

because you were a foreigner in his land.

8 The children who are born of them may enter the assembly

of the Lord in their third generation.



[1] He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,

shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

[2] A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his

tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

[3] An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the

LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the

congregation of the LORD for ever:

[4] Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye

came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son

of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

[5] Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the

LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD

thy God loved thee.

[6] Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for

ever.

[7] Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not

abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

[8] The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation

of the LORD in their third generation.



Uncleanness in the Camp



9 When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself

from every wicked thing.

10 (Lev 15:16) If there be among you any man who is not clean because

of a nocturnal emission, then he must leave the camp. He may not re-enter

the camp.

11 (Lev 14:9; 15:5) And it must be that when evening comes, he must wash

himself with water, and at sunset he may re-enter the camp.

12 You must also have a place outside the camp where one may go outside.

13 You must have a spade among your equipment, and it must be,

when you relieve yourself outside, you must dig there

and turn and cover up your excrement.

14 (Lev 26:12) For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp,

to deliver you, and to defeat your enemies before you. Therefore,

your camp must be holy, so that He does not see any indecent thing

among you, and turn away from you.



[9] When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from

every wicked thing.

[10] If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of

uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the

camp, he shall not come within the camp:

[11] But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with

water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

[12] Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go

forth abroad:

[13] And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when

thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back

and cover that which cometh from thee:

[14] For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee,

and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy:

that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.



Various Laws



15 (1Sa 30:15) You must not deliver back to his master a slave

who has escaped from his master to you.

16 (Ex 22:21) He is to dwell with you, even among you,

in a place which he shall choose in one of your towns, where he prefers.

You must not oppress him.

17 (Lev 19:29; 2Ki 23:7) There must never be a cult prostitute among

the daughters of Israel nor a cult prostitute among the sons of Israel.

18 (Dt 23:21) You must never bring the wage of a prostitute

or the wage of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any vow,

for both of these are abominations to the Lord your God.

19 (Ex 22:25; Lev 25:35-37; Ps 15:5) You must not charge interest

on a loan to your brother: interest on money, interest on food,

or on anything that may be lent with interest.

20 (Dt 15:10; 15:3) You may charge interest to a foreigner,

but to your brother you may not lend with interest

so that the Lord your God may bless you in all to which

you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.

21 (Ecc 5:4-5; Dt 23:18) When you make a vow to the Lord your God,

you must not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will surely

require it of you, and it would be a sin to you.

22 But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be a sin to you.

23 That which goes out of your lips you must keep and do,

even a freewill offering, just as you have vowed to the Lord your God,

what you have promised with your mouth.

24 When you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat grapes

to your fill at your own pleasure, but you may not put any in your basket.

25 (Mk 2:23) When you enter into the standing grain of your neighbor,

you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you may not use a sickle

on your neighbor's standing grain.

Day 76, 17 March 2026



1) DEUTERONOMY 21, DEUTERONOMY 22, DEUTERONOMY 23



DEUTERONOMY 21



Atonement for Unsolved Murders



1 If someone is found slain in the land which the Lord your God

is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known

who has slain him,

2 then your elders and your judges are to come forth,

and they must measure how far it is to the cities which are around him

who was slain.

3 (Nu 19:2) And it must be, that the city which is closest to the slain man,

that is, the elders of that city shall take a heifer

which has not been worked, that has never pulled in yoke,

4 and the elders of that city must bring down the heifer to a valley

with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall

break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

5 (1Ch 23:13; Dt 10:8) Then the priests, the sons of Levi, must come near,

for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him,

and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every

controversy and every assault will be settled.

6 (Ps 26:6; 73:13) And all the elders of that city, which is nearest

to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose

neck was broken in the valley.

7 Then they must answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood,

and our eyes have not seen it.

8 (Jnh 1:14) Be merciful, O Lord, to Your people Israel, whom You have

redeemed, and lay not innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel."

And the blood guilt will be forgiven them.

9 In this way you are to remove the guilt of innocent blood from among

you when you do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord.



Deuteronomy 21

[1] If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to

possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

[2] Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure

unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

[3] And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even

the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought

with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

[4] And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough

valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's

neck there in the valley:

[5] And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy

God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD;

and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

[6] And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall

wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

[7] And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,

neither have our eyes seen it.

[8] Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed,

and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood

shall be forgiven them.

[9] So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when

thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.



Marrying Female Captives



10 When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God

has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,

11 and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire

for her to have her as your wife,

12 then you are to bring her home to your house, and she is to shave

her head and trim her nails.

13 She must also discard the clothing of her captivity and shall remain

in your house, and mourn her father and her mother for a full month.

After that you may have relations with her, and be her husband,

and she will be your wife.

14 (Ge 34:2; Dt 22:19) It will be, if you are not pleased with her, then you

must let her go wherever she pleases, but you may not sell her at all for

money, nor are you to make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.



[10] When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy

God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

[11] And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto

her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

[12] Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her

head, and pare her nails;

[13] And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall

remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month:

and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall

be thy wife.

[14] And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let

her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou

shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.



The Right of the Firstborn



15 (Ge 29:33; 1Sa 1:4-5) If a man has two wives, one beloved

and another unloved, and both have borne him children,

both the loved one and the unloved one,

and if the firstborn son is hers that is unloved,

16 (1Ch 26:10; 5:2) then it must be, when he gives his sons the inheritance

which he has, that he may not make the firstborn son of the loved come

before the son of the unloved, who was indeed the firstborn.

17 (Ge 49:3; 25:31-34) On the contrary, he must acknowledge

the son of the unloved for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion

of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength.

The right of the firstborn is his.



[15] If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have

born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son

be hers that was hated:

[16] Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he

hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son

of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

[17] But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by

giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of

his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.



Dealing With a Rebellious Son



18 (Ex 20:12; Lev 19:3) If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son,

who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother,

and who, when they have disciplined him, will not listen to them,

19 then his father and his mother are to lay hold of him and bring him

out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.

20 (Pr 20:1) They shall say to the elders of his city,

"This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us.

He is a glutton and a drunkard."

21 (Lev 24:16; Dt 13:5) Then all the men of his city must stone him

with stones, until he dies. In this way you are to remove the evil

from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.



[18] If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the

voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have

chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

[19] Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out

unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

[20] And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is

stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a

drunkard.

[21] And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die:

so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and

fear.



Various Laws



22 (Dt 22:26; Ac 23:29) If a man has committed a sin worthy of death

and is executed, and you hang him on a tree,

23 (Gal 3:13; Lev 18:25) then his body must not remain all night on the tree,

but you must bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God)

so that your land may not be defiled, which the Lord your God is giving

you for an inheritance.



[22] And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put

to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

[23] His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in

any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that

thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an

inheritance.



DEUTERONOMY 22



1 (Ex 23:4-5; Dt 22:3-4) You must not see your brother's ox or his sheep

go astray and hide yourself from them. You must certainly bring them

back to your brother.

2 If your brother is not near you or if you do not know him, then you are

to bring it to your own house, and it will be with you until your brother

seeks after it. Then you must return it to him.

3 In the same way, you must do so with his donkey, with his clothing,

and with anything lost by your brother which he has lost and you have found.

You must not hide yourself from him.

4 You are not to see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the way

and hide yourself from them. You certainly must help him to lift them up.

5 (Dt 18:12) A woman must not wear man's clothing, nor is a man to put

on a woman's clothing. For all that do so are abominations

to the Lord your God.

6 (Lev 22:28) If you happen to notice a bird's nest along the way,

in any tree or on the ground, whether they be young ones or eggs,

and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, you are not

to take the mother from the young.

7 (Dt 4:40) You must certainly let the mother go, but you may take

the young for yourself, so that it may be well with you,

and that you may prolong your days.

8 (Ex 22:6) When you build a new house, you must make a guard

rail for your roof so that you bring no blood guilt on your house,

should anyone fall from there.

9 (Lev 19:19) You must not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seeds,

or the fruit of your seed which you have sown and the fruit of your

vineyard will be defiled.

10 (2Co 6:14-16) You must not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

11 (Lev 19:19) You must not wear clothing made of a material of wool

and linen together.

12 (Mt 23:5) You must make tassels on the four quarters of your clothing

with which you cover yourself.



[1] Thou shalt not see the brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide

thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

[2] And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then

thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until

thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

[3] In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his

raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and

thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

[4] Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and

hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

[5] The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall

a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the

LORD thy God.

[6] If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on

the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon

the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

[7] But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee;

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

[8] When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for

thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from

thence.

[9] Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy

seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

[10] Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

[11] Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen

together.

[12] Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,

wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to live your life worthy the Lord.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, I can get caught up in seeking my own

praise. Please help my life bring You glory!"



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that accept of the Lord gives you power from Him.



Pray to the Lord and pray to knw the rewards of obedience.



Pray to the Lord and pray to The Lord as Love.



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 Muslim families around the world to have a special

awareness of the presence of God as they pray through Laylat

al-Qadr.

Pray that on this night the Holy Spirit would give dreams and

visions to those who are seriously seeking God.

* Pray for the needs of Muslim people, particularly in areas of the

world where there is conflict or great physical needs.



Pray that local pastors would be taught by the Holy Spirit

and lead their flocks to withstand persecution.



Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and

without consequences.



Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy



Pray for the advancement of the Gospel in Djibouti even though

government officials attempt to limit Christianity.



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

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family



John 1:11-12



11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power

to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,



11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power

to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:



"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his

father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,

settling Jimmy on his lap.

"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer

might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."

For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when

present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may

seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask

what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.

But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been

like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,

to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his

lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.

In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,

to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't

have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ

we belong to him, and he loves us.

The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become

the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit

to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become

who God has called us to be - his children.



Application



a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't

have the right to express my wishes or feelings?



b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?



4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland



Deut 28:11



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.



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.



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



When you are lonely



1 John 4:16b-18



God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,

so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,

so are we in this world.

18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,

but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

Whoever fears is not perfect in love.



God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.



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 on the Night of Power



Laylat al-Qadr, or the "Night of Power," commemorates the revelation of

the Quran's first verses to the Prophet Muhammad. This night is also

known as the "Night of Destiny," when many believe their fate for the

coming year is determined.



There are different beliefs and traditions surrounding Laylat al-Qadr.

Many Muslims believe that on this night, sins are forgiven, prayers

have more power, and the blessings and mercy of God are more abundant.

It is a night to expect a special closeness to God, and there are many

reports of Muslims having dreams or visions of Jesus on this night.



Muslims who may have not fasted much during the first twenty days of

Ramadan will set apart these last ten days as a sacred time. They may

begin fasting, increase their reading of the Quran and will be sure to

pray during this night. Some may even move into the mosque for this

time. In this way, they hope to experience God's presence or to earn

divine favor.



How to Pray



Pray for Muslim families around the world to have a special

awareness of the presence of God as they pray through Laylat

al-Qadr.

Pray that on this night the Holy Spirit would give dreams and

visions to those who are seriously seeking God.

* Pray for the needs of Muslim people, particularly in areas of the

world where there is conflict or great physical needs.



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



16th Day of the Month



a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and

without consequences

( John 16:7-8



7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.

For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.

But if I go, I will send Him to you.

8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment"



7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:

for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,

and of righteousness, and of judgment:



)



b) Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy



(



John 14:6



6 Jesus said to him,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me."



6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.



Rom 3:19-20



19 Now we know that whatever the law says,

it says to those who are under the law,

so that every mouth may be silenced,

and all the world may become accountable to God.

20 Therefore by the works of the law

no flesh will be justified in His sight,

for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.



19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are

under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become

guilty before God.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified

in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.



2 Cor 5:10



10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,

that each one may receive his recompense in the body,

according to what he has done,

whether it was good or bad.



10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one

may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,

whether it be good or bad.



2 Cor 10:5



5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into

captivity to the obedience of Christ,



5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against

the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought

to the obedience of Christ;



)

DEUTERONOMY 20



Rules of Warfare



1 (Dt 31:6; 31:8) When you go out to battle against your enemies,

and see horses, and chariots, and a people that outnumber you,

do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

2 (Nu 10:8-9; 31:6) It will be, when you approach the battle,

that the priest will approach and speak to the people,

3 and he shall say to them, "Hear, O Israel, you approach today

to do battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted.

Do not fear, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them.

4 (Dt 1:30; 3:22) For the Lord your God is He that goes with you,

to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."

5 (Ne 12:27) The officers will speak to the people, saying,

"What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it?

Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, a

nd another man dedicate it.

6 (Lev 19:23-25) What man is there who has planted a vineyard,

and has not yet eaten of it? Let him also go and return to his house,

lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

7 (Dt 24:5; 28:30) What man is there who is engaged to a woman

but has not married her? Let him go and return to his house,

lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."

8 (Jdg 7:3; Dt 1:28) The officers are to speak further to the people,

and they shall say, "What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?

Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart faint

as well as his heart."

9 It will be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people,

that they must make captains of the armies to lead the people.

10 When you come near to a city to fight against it,

then proclaim peace to it.

11 It shall be, if it gives you a reply of peace and opens to you,

then it must be that all the people that are found within shall

become slaves to you and they shall serve you.

12 If it will not make peace with you but makes war against you,

then you are to besiege it.

13 And when the Lord your God has delivered it into your hands,

you are to slay every male there with the edge of the sword.

14 (Jos 8:2; 22:8) But the women, and the little ones, and the livestock,

and all that is in the city, all the spoil within, you are to take

to yourself, and you will eat the spoil of your enemies,

which the Lord your God has given you.

15 Thus you are to do to all the cities which are far away,

which are not the cities of these nearby nations.

16 (Jos 11:14; Nu 21:2-3) But of the cities of these people,

which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance,

you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

17 But you shall completely destroy them: namely,

the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites,

the Hivites, and the Jebusites, just as the Lord your God

has commanded you,

18 (Ex 23:33; Dt 12:30-31) so that they do not teach you to participate

in all their abominations, which they have done to their gods,

causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

19 When you lay siege to a city for a long time, in making war against

it in order to take it, you shall not destroy the trees there by chopping

them down with an axe, for you may eat from them, and you shall not

cut them down. For the tree of the field is not a man in which to lay siege.

20 However, you may destroy and cut down only the trees which you know

are not fruit trees, so that you may build siege engines against the city

that makes war with you until it falls.



Deuteronomy 20

[1] When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses,

and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the

LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

[2] And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest

shall approach and speak unto the people,

[3] And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto

battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not

tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

[4] For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you

against your enemies, to save you.

[5] And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there

that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and

return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

[6] And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten

of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle,

and another man eat of it.

[7] And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken

her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and

another man take her.

[8] And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall

say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and

return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

[9] And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the

people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

[10] When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim

peace unto it.

[11] And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee,

then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be

tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

[12] And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee,

then thou shalt besiege it:

[13] And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou

shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

[14] But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in

the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou

shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given

thee.

[15] Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from

thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

[16] But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give

thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

[17] But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the

Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the

Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

[18] That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they

have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

[19] When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to

take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against

them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the

tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

[20] Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou

shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the

city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.



2) Our Daily Bread for 16 March 2026 titled

Lives Offered to God by Karen Pimpo



Exodus 35:20-29



20 Then all the congregation of the children of Israel

departed from the presence of Moses.

21 (Ex 25:2; 35:5) Everyone whose heart stirred him

and everyone whose spirit was willing came

and brought the Lord's offering for the work of the tent of meeting

and for all its service and for the holy garments.

22 They came, both men and women, as many as had willing hearts,

and brought brooches, earrings, rings and bracelets,

all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone that offered

an offering of gold to the Lord.

23 (1Ch 29:8) Everyone who had blue, purple, and scarlet,

and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams,

and porpoise skins, brought them.

24 Everyone who was making a contribution of silver and bronze

brought the Lord's offering, and everyone who had acacia wood

for any work of the service brought it.

25 (Ex 28:3) All the women that were skilled spun with their hands

and brought what they had spun, both of blue, purple, and scarlet,

and of fine linen.

26 (Ex 35:21) All the women whose hearts stirred them to action

and were skilled spun goats' hair.

27 (1Ch 29:6; Ezr 2:68) The leaders brought onyx stones

and gemstones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate,

28 (Ex 30:23-38) and spice and oil for the light,

and for the anointing oil,

and for the fragrant incense.

29 (Ex 35:4) The children of Israel brought

a willing offering to the Lord,

every man and woman whose heart was willing

to bring material for all the work





[20] And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the

presence of Moses.

[21] And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom

his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of

the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the

holy garments.

[22] And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and

brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold:

and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

[23] And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and

fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins,

brought them.

[24] Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the

LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any

work of the service, brought it.

[25] And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and

brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of

scarlet, and of fine linen.

[26] And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats'

hair.

[27] And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the

ephod, and for the breastplate;

[28] And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for

the sweet incense.

[29] The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every

man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of

work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.



"I am thankful to God for His goodness," reads the plaque, "in permitting me

to have a part in building this broad thoroughfare as a frame to the

beautiful picture which He created." The inscription is attributed to highway

engineer Samuel Christopher Lancaster in 1915. It stands at a beautiful scenic

overlook on the highway he designed, a road that takes drivers along the

breathtaking Columbia River Gorge, with forests, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs.



It's tempting to take credit for our resources and accomplishments or use them

to bring ourselves praise. What would it look like, instead, to think of them

as a lowly "frame" around God's masterpiece? One example is when Moses invited

the Israelites to bring gifts to build the tabernacle (Exodus 35:5).

"Everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them" contributed what they

had: precious metal and stone, linen, leather, wood, spices,

and oil (vv. 21-28). These costly goods were offered from willing hearts to

fulfill what God had commanded (v. 29). Some master craftsmen were especially

gifted. But everyone could contribute something, like the women who

skillfully spun goat hair (v. 26).



What mattered most then, and today, is the posture of the giver's heart.

"From what you have, take an offering for the Lord" (v. 5). That's

when our resources are put to their best use.



Reflect & Pray



What resources are at your disposal?

How could they be used to bring praise to God?



Dear God, I can get caught up in seeking my own

praise. Please help my life bring You glory!

DEUTERONOMY 18



The Prophet



14 For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to soothsayers

and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted

you to do so.

15 (Ac 7:37; Jn 1:21) The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet

from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him.

16 (Ex 20:19; Dt 9:10) This is according to all that you desired of the Lord

your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying,

"Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God,

nor let me see this great fire anymore, so that I do not die."

17 (Dt 5:28) The Lord said to me, "They have done well

in what they have said.

18 (Jn 8:28; 4:25; 12:49-50) I will raise up a prophet from

among their brothers, like you, and will put My words in his mouth,

and he will speak to them all that I command him.

19 (Ac 3:22-23) It will be that whoever will not listen to My words

which he will speak in My name, I will require it of him.

20 (Dt 13:1-5; Zec 13:3) But the prophet, who presumes to speak a word

in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall

speak in the name of other gods - that prophet shall die."

21 And you may say in your heart,

"How can we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?"

22 (Dt 18:20) When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord,

if the thing does not occur or come to pass, that is the thing

which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it

presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.



[14] For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers

of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not

suffered thee so to do.

[15] The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of

thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

[16] According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in

the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD

my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

[17] And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have

spoken.

[18] I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto

thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all

that I shall command him.

[19] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my

words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

[20] But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which

I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other

gods, even that prophet shall die.

[21] And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the

LORD hath not spoken?

[22] When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow

not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but

the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.



DEUTERONOMY 19



Cities of Refuge



Nu 35:6-34; Dt 4:41-43; Jos 20:1-9



1 (Dt 12:29; 6:10) When the Lord your God has cut off the nations,

whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them,

and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

2 (Ex 21:13) you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the midst

of your land, which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

3 You shall prepare a roadway for yourself, and divide the territory

of your land into three parts, which the Lord your God is giving you

to inherit, so that every manslayer may flee there.

4 (Nu 35:15-24; Dt 4:42) This is the word concerning the manslayer

who will flee there, so that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor

unintentionally, whom he did not hate previously,

5like when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood,

and his hand raises the axe to cut down the tree, and the axe head

slips from the handle and lands on his neighbor causing him to die,

then he may flee to one of those cities, and live.

6 (Nu 35:12) Otherwise the avenger of blood might, while he is angry,

pursue the manslayer and overtake him (because the way is long)

and kill him, even though he was not worthy of death

(since he did not hate him previously).

7 Therefore, I command you, saying,

"You shall set apart three cities for yourselves."

8 (Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:31) If the Lord your God enlarges your borders

as He promised your fathers, and gives you all the land which He

promised to give to your fathers,

9 (Jos 20:7-8) and if you will carefully keep all these commandments,

which I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to always

walk in His ways, then you must add three cities more for yourself,

besides these three.

10 Then innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord

your God is giving you for an inheritance, and blood guiltiness be on you.

11 (Nu 35:16-21; Dt 27:24) But if any man hates his neighbor,

and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and mortally strikes him,

causing him to die, and flees to one of these cities,

12 then the elders of his city must send and fetch him from there,

and deliver him to the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

13 (1Ki 2:31; Dt 7:2) Your eye must not pity him, but you must remove

the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

14 (Dt 27:17; Pr 22:28) You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark,

which they of old time have set in your inheritance, which you shall

inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.



[1] When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy

God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and

in their houses;

[2] Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,

which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

[3] Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which

the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer

may flee thither.

[4] And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he

may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time

past;

[5] As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and

his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head

slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he

shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

[6] Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot,

and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not

worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

[7] Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for

thee.

[8] And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy

fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy

fathers;

[9] If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command

thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then

shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

[10] That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God

giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

[11] But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up

against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of

these cities:

[12] Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and

deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

[13] Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of

innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

[14] Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time

have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the

LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.



Witnesses



15 (Nu 35:30; Mt 18:16) A single witness must not rise up against a man

on account of any iniquity or any sin that he sins. At the testimony

of two witnesses or at the testimony of three witnesses shall the matter

be established.

16 (Ps 27:12; 35:11) If a false witness rises up against any man to testify

against him to accuse him of doing wrong,

17 (Dt 17:9; 21:5) then both the men between whom the controversy

is must stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges,

who are in office those days.

18 (Dt 13:14; 17:4) The judges will thoroughly investigate,

and if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely

against his brother,

19 (Pr 19:5; 19:9) then you must do to him as he conspired

to have done to his brother. In this way you must remove

the evil from among you.

20 (Dt 17:13; 21:21) Those who remain will hear and fear,

and will never again commit any such evil among you.

21 (Dt 19:13) You must not show pity. But life will be for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.



[15] One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for

any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at

the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

[16] If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that

which is wrong;

[17] Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before

the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

[18] And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the

witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

[19] Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his

brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

[20] And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth

commit no more any such evil among you.

[21] And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye,

tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Day 75, 16 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 17, Deuteronomy 18, Deuteronomy 19, Deuteronomy 20



DEUTERONOMY 17

1 (Dt 15:21; 23:18) You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God any bull

or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is detestable

to the Lord your God.

2 (Dt 17:5; Jos 7:11) If there be found among you, within any of your gates

which the Lord your God gives you, man or woman, who has acted

wickedly in the sight of the Lord your God, by transgressing His covenant,

3 (Dt 4:19; Job 31:26-27) and has gone and served other gods and worshipped

them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven,

which I have not commanded,

4 (Dt 13:12-14; 19:18) and if it is told to you, and you have heard of it,

and investigated diligently, and it is true, and the matter is certain

that such a detestable thing has happened in Israel,

5 (Lev 24:14; Jos 7:25) then you must bring forth that man or that woman

who has committed that wicked thing to your gates, that very man

or woman, and stone them with stones until they die.

6 (Nu 35:30; Dt 19:15) On the testimony of two or three witnesses

he that is to die must be put to death, but on the testimony

of one witness he cannot be put to death.

7 (Dt 13:9; 13:5) The hands of the witnesses shall be first against

him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people.

So you shall purge the evil from among you.



[1] Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep,

wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto

the LORD thy God.

[2] If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy

God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of

the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

[3] And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the

sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

[4] And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently,

and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is

wrought in Israel:

[5] Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed

that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt

stone them with stones, till they die.

[6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is

worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall

not be put to death.

[7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death,

and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away

from among you.



Courts of Law



8 (Dt 12:5; Hag 2:11) If there arises a matter too difficult for you

in judgment, between one kind of bloodshed and another,

between one kind of lawsuitand another, and between one kind of assault

and another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you must arise

and go up to the place where the Lord your God shall choose.

9 (Eze 44:24; Jer 18:18) You must go to the Levitical priests or to the judge

in office those days, and inquire, and they will show you

the verdict of judgment.

10 You shall do according to the verdict which they declare to you from

the place where the Lord will choose to show you, and you must be careful

to do all that they instruct you to do.

11 (Jos 1:7) You must do according to the terms of the law which

they instruct you and according to the verdict which they tell you.

You must not deviate from the sentence which they show you,

to the right or to the left.

12 (Nu 15:30; Dt 13:5) The man who acts presumptuously

and does not listen to the priest who stands to minister

before the Lord your God, or to the judge-that man must die,

and you must purge the evil from Israel.

13 (Dt 13:11; 19:20) Then all the people will hear, and fear,

and not act presumptuously again.



[8] If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and

blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters

of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into

the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

[9] And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge

that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the

sentence of judgment:

[10] And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place

which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do

according to all that they inform thee:

[11] According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and

according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou

shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right

hand, nor to the left.

[12] And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the

priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the

judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from

Israel.

[13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.



Appointing a King

14 (1Sa 8:19-20) When you have come into the land which

the Lord your God gives you and possess it and dwell there

and then say, "I will set a king over me just like all the nations

that are around me,

15 (Jer 30:21; 1Sa 10:24) you must set a king over you whom

the Lord your God will choose. You must select a king over you

who is from among your brothers. You may not select a foreigner

over you who is not your countryman.

16 (Ex 13:17; 1Ki 4:26) What is more, he shall not accumulate horses

for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order

that he accumulate horses, for as the Lord has said to you,

"You must not go back that way ever again."

17 (Ne 13:26) He shall not acquire many wives for himself,

lest his heart turn away; nor shall he acquire for himself

excess silver and gold.

18 (Dt 31:9; 2Ki 11:12) It must be, when he sits on the throne

of his kingdom, that he shall write a copy of this law for

himself on a scroll before the priests, the Levites.

19 (Jos 1:8) It must be with him, and he must read it all the days

of his life so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God,

and carefully observe all the words of this law

and these statutes, and do them,

20 (Dt 5:32; 1Ki 15:5) that his heart will not be lifted up

above his brothers and so that he may not turn aside

from the commandment, to the right or to the left, to the end,

so that he may prolong his days in his kingdom,

he and his children, in the midst of Israel."



[14] When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,

and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a

king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

[15] Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God

shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:

thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

[16] But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to

return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the

LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

[17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not

away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

[18] And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that

he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before

the priests the Levites:

[19] And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his

life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of

this law and these statutes, to do them:

[20] That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn

not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the

end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in

the midst of Israel.



DEUTERONOMY 18



Provision for Priests and Levites



1 (Dt 10:9; Nu 18:8-9) The Levitical priests and all the tribe of Levi

will not have any portion or inheritance with Israel. They must eat

the offerings of the Lord made by fire and His portion.

2 They will have no inheritance among their brothers.

The Lord is their inheritance, just as He has said to them.

3 (Lev 7:30-34) This shall be the priest's due from the people,

from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be an ox or sheep:

they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks,

and the stomach.

4 (Ex 22:29; 23:19) You must give him the first fruit of your grain,

of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your

sheep also.

5 (Dt 10:8; 17:12) For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all

your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him

and his sons forever.

6 (Nu 35:2-3; Dt 12:5) If a Levite comes from any of your gates

out of all Israel, where he lives, and comes with all the desire

of his mind to the place where the Lord shall choose,

7 then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God,

as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord.

8 (Ne 12:44; 12:47) They must have the same portions to eat,

besides any profits he may receive from the sale of his father's inheritance.



[1] The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part

nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made

by fire, and his inheritance.

[2] Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD

is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

[3] And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer

a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest

the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

[4] The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the

first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

[5] For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to

minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

[6] And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he

sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the

LORD shall choose;

[7] Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his

brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.

[8] They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the

sale of his patrimony.



A Call to Holiness



9 (Dt 12:29-31; Lev 18:26-27) When you enter into the land which the

Lord your God gives you, you must not learn to practice the abominations

of those nations.

10 (Lev 19:26; 19:31) There must not be found among you anyone who makes

his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination,

or uses witchcraft, or an interpreter of omens, or a sorcerer,

11 (Lev 19:31) or one who casts spells, or a spiritualist, or an occultist,

or a necromancer.

12 (Lev 18:24; Dt 9:4) For all that do these things are an abomination

to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God

will drive them out from before you.

13 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) You must be blameless before the Lord your God.



[9] When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,

thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his

daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer

of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

[11] Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a

necromancer.

[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and

because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from

before thee.

[13] Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

Eight) Day 21 - New works often begin quietly.



Scripture: Zechariah 4:6–10



6 (Hos 1:7; Isa 11:2-4) And he said to me: "This is the word of the Lord

to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,

says the Lord of Hosts.

7 (Jer 51:25; Ps 114:4) "Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel

you will be made level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amidst

shouting of 'Grace! Grace to the stone!' "

8Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 (Ezr 5:16; 6:14-15) "The hands of Zerubbabel have established

the foundation of this house, and they will even complete it.

Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to all of you.

10 (Hag 2:3; Zec 3:9) "For who has despised the day of small things?

These seven will rejoice and see the plumb line in the hand

of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of the Lord, which survey to

and fro throughout the earth."



[6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD

unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith

the LORD of hosts.

[7] Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a

plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,

crying, Grace, grace unto it.

[8] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his

hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath

sent me unto you.

[10] For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice,

and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they

are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.



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Not by Might, But by Spirit



Zerubbabel stood before a half-finished temple and a mountain of opposition.

The work had stalled, the people were discouraged, and resources were scarce.

It is a feeling we all know: facing a task that seems too big for our hands

and a timeline that feels impossible to meet.



God's word to him was not a strategy for more fundraising or a pep talk on

working harder. It was a reminder of his fuel source: "Not by might nor by

power, but by my Spirit."



Human effort ("might") and collective strength ("power") have their limits.

They burn out. But the Spirit of the Lord is inexhaustible. God promised that

the "mountain" standing in the way would become level ground, not because

Zerubbabel was strong enough to crush it, but because God was gracious enough

to move it.



Furthermore, God addressed the insecurity of the "day of small things." We

often despise our own slow progress. We want the finished cathedral when we

are still laying the first bricks. But God rejoices to see the work continue.

He celebrates the process, not just the product.



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Application:



- Are you staring at a "mountain" today - a difficult relationship, a stalled

project, or a health crisis? Stop trying to shovel it away with your own

limited strength. Invite the Holy Spirit to do what you cannot. And do not let

the slowness of the process discourage you. God is present in the small steps

just as much as the big finish.



Prayer:



- Lord Almighty, I confess I often rely on my own grinding effort. Forgive me

for despising the small beginnings in my life. I ask for Your Spirit to fill

me and move the mountains I face. Thank You that the hands that began

the good work in me will be faithful to complete it. Amen.



Prayer Requests: Mill Woods Care Closet



As we look forward to the "new things" God is doing in our community,

please join us in prayer for:



- Growth: For increased food and clothing donations and the volunteers

needed to support opening an additional day to serve our neighbours.



- Intake Volunteers: For those on the front lines who share the hope of Jesus

while providing guidance on parenting, finances, employment,

and local resources.



- Funding: For God's favour as we launch our fundraising campaign

in Mill Woods and begin our grant-writing outreach.



- Mission: That in every interaction, we would reflect God's love,

patience, and grace toward every neighbour who walks through our doors.



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Author: Cynthia Foster, Mill Woods Care Closet Executive Director



Conclusion:



Lord, You see what has happened. You know the truth. Nothing about this

situation is hidden from you. Today I pplace this situation into Your hands.

I release my need to controlthe outcome. Help me walk in the footsteps

of Jesus.



Help me continue dooing good. Guard my heart from bitterness. And help me

trust that You are the One who judges justly. Amen.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be Holy in the eyes of the Lord

and honour Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, thank You for giving me hope.

Use me, please, to show Your light in this world through the way I live."



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him who bought you out of sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings.



Pray to understand the Rapture of the Church.



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 peace in Gaza and for the ongoing war and humanitarian

crisis to be resolved.

Ask Jesus to reveal Himself in dreams and visions to the people in

Gaza.

* Pray for Palestinian believers to be just not Jesus followers, but

also prophets and apostles to their own people.



Pray for the Lord to convict all of humanity of His Righteous

standards of living



QATAR



Pray for Christian expatriates who are sharing

the Gospel in authentic ways with Qataris.



Lord Almighty, I confess I often rely on my own grinding effort. Forgive me

for despising the small beginnings in my life. I ask for Your Spirit to fill

me and move the mountains I face. Thank You that the hands that began

the good work in me will be faithful to complete it. Amen.



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

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Proverbs 10:22



22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.



22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.



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



When you are Saddened by Loss



1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57



35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?

With what body do they come?"

36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,

perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.



51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed.

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,

for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,

and this mortal will put on immortality.

54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,

and this mortal will have put on immortality,

then the saying that is written shall come to pass:

"Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O death, where is your sting?

O grave, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ!



35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?

and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,

but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,

and to every seed his own body.



51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall

all be changed,

52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,

and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,

and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought

to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ.



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 Palestinians in Gaza



Deir al Balah in the Gaza Strip has been a frequent political target, but

for Shireen, it was home. A daughter in a family of ten, she was luckier

than some, eventually being able to study at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.

When she met Christians who brought relief supplies and the Word of God,

her life was transformed as she became a believer in Jesus.



Shireen eventually married Mahmoud, a man who treated her quite poorly.

She was ignored and left to fend for herself and her children when he was

jailed for debt. The desperate situation in Gaza often meant she and the

children would go for days without food and her mother's heart had to

listen to them crying themselves to sleep. She longed to escape.



God intervened and changed her heart. Shireen explains, "Jesus has called

me to be a woman of God in the Gaza Strip. I am needed here and have this

special assignment from God. My little sister loves Jesus now and we pray

together and share scripture with each other. And I tell other

Palestinians how to find eternal life in Jesus in a place that is known

for war and death."



Believers around the world prayed for her husband, Mahmoud, who was not

interested in Jesus. Then, not long ago, he had a powerful change and

began to follow Jesus himself. He grew to become an attentive husband and

often texted verses saying they were "quotes from my four best friends:

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John!"



Mahmoud has also suffered. He has been badly beaten for his faith, yet

rejects sympathy saying, "The only question we should ask is if my scars

have conformed me more to the image of Christ."



How to Pray



Pray for peace in Gaza and for the ongoing war and humanitarian

crisis to be resolved.

Ask Jesus to reveal Himself in dreams and visions to the people in

Gaza.

* Pray for Palestinian believers to be just not Jesus followers, but

also prophets and apostles to their own people.





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



15th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous

standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11



8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,

and you will see Me no more;

11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."



8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,

and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

)



b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia



I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence

them 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.

DEUTERONOMY 16



The Feast of Weeks



Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31



9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.

Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin

to put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord

your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand,

which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to

how much the Lord your God has blessed you.

11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you,

your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,

the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,

and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord

your God has chosen to place His name.

12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt,

and you must be careful to observe these statutes.



[9] Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks

from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

[10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a

tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the

LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

[11] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and

thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that

is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,

that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place

his name there.

[12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou

shalt observe and do these statutes.



The Feast of Tabernacles



Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39



13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles

seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor

and your winepress,

14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you,

your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant,

the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who

are within your gates.

15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God

in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will

bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands.

Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.

16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear

before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose:

at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks,

and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear

before the Lord empty.

17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able,

in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which

He has given you.



[13] Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou

hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

[14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy

daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the

stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

[15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the

place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee

in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou

shalt surely rejoice.

[16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy

God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,

and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall

not appear before the LORD empty:

[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the

LORD thy God which he hath given thee.



Judges

18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers

in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you,

throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people

with righteous judgment.

19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality.

You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise

and perverts the words of the righteous.

20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may

live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.



[18] Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the

LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the

people with just judgment.

[19] Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither

take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the

words of the righteous.

[20] That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,

and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.



Idolatry Forbidden

21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah

Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of

the Lord your God, which you make for yourself.

22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image,

which the Lord your God hates.



[21] Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of

the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

[22] Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God

hateth.



2) Our Daily Bread for 15 March 2025 titled



Being a Light for Christ by Kirsten Holmberg



Matthew 5:13-16



Salt and Light



Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34-35



13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth.

But if the salt loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?

It is from then on good

for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.

14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world.

A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) Neither do men light a candle

and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick.

And it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men

that they may see your good works and glorify your Father

who is in heaven.



[13] Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,

wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be

cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

[14] Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be

hid.

[15] Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a

candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

[16] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



When schools around the globe sent their students home for health and safety

during the coronavirus pandemic, their buildings and stadiums stood empty.

While acknowledging many were experiencing greater afflictions from the virus,

teachers sought ways to show their students they missed them and to encourage

them to press on through a difficult time. Many schools initiated what they

called the "Be the Light" challenge, in which they burned the empty

stadium's lights each night.



During His earthly life, Jesus issued His own kind of "be the light"

challenge, saying that we who follow Him are to "let [our] light shine before

others" (Matthew 5:16). His charge had a loftier goal than encouragement or

moral support; instead, our willingness to reveal the light He's put in us

shows the watching world who God is. The way we live our lives, in both word

and deed, reveals the hope Jesus gives us, making it visible to all those

around us, like a lamp on a stand.



Jesus calls us "the light of the world" and challenges us to illuminate the

paths of others with His light radiating through us when they're walking a

dark road. For those who don't yet know the hope Jesus offers, sharing His

light through the way we live can point them toward God as the source

of all hope.



Reflect & Pray



In whom do you see the light of Jesus?

How can you cast His light into the lives of others?



Dear Jesus, thank You for giving me hope.

Use me, please, to show Your light in this world through the way I live.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 1 - Bought Back



Eph 1:7



7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood

and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace



[7] In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

according to the riches of his grace;



In the opening scenes of The Glenn Miller Story, Glenn Miller, then a

struggling musician trying to find an audience for his music, enters

a pawn shop. He has hocked his trombone for rent money, and has come

to redeem it. Paying the pawn broker the money, he buys back his own

instrument and leaves the shop, indicating that he will probably

be back again.

In Eph 1:7. Paul says that in Christ "we have redemption through

His blood and the forgiveness of sin according to the riches of His grace."

We belonged to God from the beginning; he made us and stamped

his image upon us. But through sin we were lost, pawned to the

world's system and the Enemy of our souls.

But God redeemed us; he "bought us back" with the most valuable

currency in the universe - the blood of his own Son, Jesus Christ.

He did not resent the bargain, or question whether we were worth

such a price. He freely gave Jesus in trade to ransom the souls

of the people he created and loved.

Sometimes in Christian circles we get so caught up in religious

jargon that we forget what redemption really means. Gog did not have

to "get us out of hock." He was not compelled to buy us back when we

had sold ourselves to sin. But because of his love, and with no

deserving on our part, he chose to pay an enormous price to set us free.

We are redeemed, bought back, by the One who owned us in the first place.



Application



a) In what ways have I been "in hock" to sin in my life?



b) What does it mean, in practical terms, that God "redeemed" me

from that sin?

DEUTERONOMY 15



The Sabbatical Year



Lev 25:8-38



1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall

grant a relinquishing of debts.

2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has

loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not

exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called

the Lord's relinquishment.

3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which

your brother has that is yours your hand shall release.

4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will

greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given

you for an inheritance to possess,

5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God,

by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today.

6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as

He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall

not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign

over you.

7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within

any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,

you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely

lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.

9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your

heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and

your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing,

and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you.

10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall

not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord

your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put

your hand to do.

11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being

in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand

wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."



[1] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

[2] And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought

unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour,

or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.

[3] Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with

thy brother thine hand shall release;

[4] Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly

bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance

to possess it:

[5] Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to

observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

[6] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt

lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over

many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

[7] If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of

thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not

harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

[8] But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him

sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

[9] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The

seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against

thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD

against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

[10] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when

thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall

bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

[11] For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command

thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,

and to thy needy, in thy land.



Freeing Servants



Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55



12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,

is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let

him go free from you.

13 When you send him out free from you, you must

not let him go away empty-handed.

14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor,

and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God

has blessed you, you shall give to him.

15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land

of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore,

I command this to you today.

16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"

because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,

17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door,

and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise

to your female servant.

18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you,

for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount.

in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you

in all that you do.



[12] And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman , be sold unto

thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him

go free from thee.

[13] And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go

away empty:

[14] Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy

floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath

blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

[15] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,

and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to

day.

[16] And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;

because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

[17] Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the

door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant

thou shalt do likewise.

[18] It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from

thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee

six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.



The Firstborn Animals



19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come

out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work

with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep.

20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year

by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.

21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind

or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person

alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.

23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.

You shall pour it on the ground like water.



[19] All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou

shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the

firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

[20] Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place

which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

[21] And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or

have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.

[22] Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person

shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

[23] Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the

ground as water.



DEUTERONOMY 16



The Passover



Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25

1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv

{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord

your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you

out of Egypt by night.

2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover

to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place

where the Lord shall choose to place His name.

3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it.

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread,

the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry,

so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you

came out of the land of Egypt.

4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with

you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the

meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain

overnight until morning.

5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates

that the Lord your God has given you.

6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place

His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset,

at the time that you came out of Egypt.

7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God

will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents.

8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread,

and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God.

You must do no work on that day.



[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God:

for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by

night.

[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of

the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place

his name there.

[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat

unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest

forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day

when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast

seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou

sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which

the LORD thy God giveth thee:

[6] But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name

in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of

the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God

shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall

be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

Day 74, 15 March 2026



Tooady a Calvary Community

Church Pastor Nathan Zieber spoke on Living Counter Culturally -

servants and masters (employess and employers)



Peter is going to show us 3 things in this passage:



a) How Christians respond to unjust suffering,

b) Why Jesus is our example in suffering

c) And how the cross makes that kind of life possible



1 Peter 2:18-25



The Example of Christ's Suffering



18 (Jas 3:17) Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only

to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

19 (Ro 13:5) For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God

a person endures grief, suffering unjustly.

20 (1Pe 2:19; 3:17) For what credit is it if when you are being beaten

for your sins you patiently endure? But if when doing good and suffering

for it, you patiently endure, this is favorable before God.

21 (Ac 14:22; Mt 16:24) For to this you were called, because Christ suffered

for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 (Isa 53:9; 2Co 5:21) "He committed no sin,

nor was deceit found in His mouth."(Isa 53:9.)

23 (Isa 53:7; Lk 23:46) When He was reviled, He did not revile back; when He

suffered, He did not threaten, but He entrusted Himself to Him who judges

righteously.

24 (Ro 6:2; 6:11) He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree,

that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.

"By His wounds you were healed."(Isa 53:5).

25 (Isa 53:6; Ps 119:176)

For you were as sheep going astray, but now have been returned

to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.



[18] Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the

good and gentle, but also to the froward.

[19] For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure

grief, suffering wrongfully.

[20] For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall

take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it

patiently, this is acceptable with God.

[21] For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,

leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

[22] Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

[23] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he

threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

[24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,

being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were

healed.

[25] For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the

Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.



1) Deuteronomy 14, Deuteronomy 15, Deuteronomy 16



DEUTERONOMY 14



Clean and Unclean Food



Lev 11:1-23



1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God.

You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness

between your eyes for the dead.

2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God,

and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself,

treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.

3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing.

4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex,

and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves,

with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud.

7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud,

or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney.

For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided,

therefore they are unclean to you.

8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof,

yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch

their dead carcass.

9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water:

All that have fins and scales you may eat.

10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat.

It is unclean to you.

11 You may eat of all clean birds.

12 However, these are the ones which you cannot eat:

the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind,

14 every raven after its kind,

15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull,

and the hawk after its kind,

16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl,

17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,

18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten.

20 You may eat all the clean birds.

21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of

itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that

he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people

to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.



[1] Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,

nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

[2] for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath

chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that

are upon the earth.

[3] Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

[4] These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the

goat,

[5] The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and

the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

[6] And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two

claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of

them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney:

for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean

unto you.

[8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it

is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead

carcase.

[9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and

scales shall ye eat:

[10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean

unto you.

[11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

[12] But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage,

and the ospray,

[13] And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

[14] And every raven after his kind,

[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his

kind,

[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

[17] And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the

bat.

[19] And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall

not be eaten.

[20] But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

[21] Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it

unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest

sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.



Tithes



22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed,

so that the field produces year by year.

23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God,

in the place in which He shall choose to place His name,

the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil,

and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that

you may learn to always fear the Lord your God.

24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are

not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where

the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord

your God blesses you,

25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money

in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose.

26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever

your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,

or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord

your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,

27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates.

You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth

all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates.

29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion

or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,

who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied,

so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand

which you do.



[22] Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field

bringeth forth year by year.

[23] And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall

choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of

thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou

mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

[24] And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry

it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall

choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

[25] Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine

hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

[26] And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,

for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever

thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and

thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

[27] And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;

for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

[28] At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine

increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

[29] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)

and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy

gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may

bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

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



http://www.ehc.ca



14th Day of the Month



a) Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation ( Matt 6:10



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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.



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





)



b) Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.



Eight) Day 20 - God’s renewal is both personal and cosmic.



Scripture: Revelation 21:5



5 (Rev 4:9; 20:11) He who was seated on the throne said,

"Look! I am making all things new." Then He said to me,

"Write, for these words are faithful and true."





[5] And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And

he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.



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One of the principles of the Kingdom of God is often described

as the "already, not yet." It is a tension that every Christian lives in. We

are in this world, but we are not of it. We are alive, yet we have crucified

our lives with Christ. We are healed, yet we still need healing.



As 1 Corinthians 13:12 says, "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;

then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,

even as I am fully known."



As we near the end of our days of prayer and fasting, we may feel a tension

that we have not seen the answers to prayer we hoped for. Maybe we asked for

something dramatic, like a miracle. Or maybe, as we sought God, we expected to

feel something more, to overcome more, or to see clearer change.



In moments like these, I'm reminded of how Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew,

"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Even

Jesus was not satisfied with the brokenness of the world as it was. He longed

to see greater transformation, not only in the lives of His disciples, but in

the world itself.



In Revelation, we are given a picture of what is still to come, where Jesus

declares that He will make all things new. The things that remain unchanged,

unshaken, and untransformed will one day be made new by Him.



We don't always know which areas God will renew while we are still here on

earth. But we can trust that whether He does it now or later, the victory

is already His. Hebrews 12:12 reminds us,

"Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees."



Our confidence grows when we understand that God is actively working on

our behalf. He is doing a new thing. And He does not ask us to simply wait

until eternity to believe this. He invites us to trust that He is already at

work, doing something new in our lives, our families, our friends,

our church, our city, and in the world.



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Personal Reflection Questions:



- Which area are you going to continue asking God to make new?



- When things get hard, how will you remind yourself

that God is doing a new thing?



Prayer Point:



- Pray for renewal to our church and community,

believing that God wants to transform lives now



- Pray for those who don't yet know Jesus,

that He would bring transformation through the gospel



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Author: Pastor Sebastien Merta, Senior Associate Pastor of Large Group



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to love him with all your heart and all your mind.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, it's mind-boggling when we try to figure out the

concept of time, but please help me embrace that my times are in Your hands."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Jesus Frees you

from the condemnation of sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to lay a foundation of righteousness.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as healer.



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 wisdom, strength, and spiritual growth for Hussein and

other followers of Jesus.

Ask God to grow and multiply house churches among the Shatt people.

* Pray that churches will be established amongst all the peoples who

are refugees in South Sudan.



Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation



Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.



- Pray for renewal to our church and community,

believing that God wants to transform lives now



- Pray for those who don't yet know Jesus,

that He would bring transformation through the gospel



BRUNEI



Praise God for Bruneians who have come to faith

in Christ despite harsh religious restrictions.



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