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6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2026 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
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;
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Conclusion:
Pray to th Lord and ask Him who needs your support.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please keep me from holding grudges
or becoming bitter and help me forgive others and ask for forgiveness."
Pray to the Lord and pray to continue to be determined to do good.
Pray to the Lord and pray to have love and charity.
Pray to the Lord and pray to walk in the ways of the Lord.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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 that followers of Jesus in Jordan who have lost jobs because of their
faith will trust in God's provision.
Pray that 1st-generation Christians in Venezuela will receive
discipleship so they can grow spiritually.
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
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2) Our Daily Bread for 16 February 2025 titled
It Takes Humility by Anne Cetas
Genesis 33:1-10
1 Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming and four hundred men with him.
So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
2 He put the female servants and their children in front, then Leah
and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph last.
3 He went on before them,
bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck
and kissed him, and they wept. 5 When Esau looked up and saw
the women and the children, he said, "Who are those with you?"
Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
6 Then the female servants came near, they and their children,
and they bowed down.
7 Leah also with her children came near
and bowed themselves. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near,
and they bowed themselves.
8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company that I met?"
Jacob answered, "These are to find favour in the sight of my lord."
9 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."
10 Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have now found favuor in your sight,
then receive my gift from my hand. For I have seen your face,
and it is as though I have seen the face of God, with you having received me
favorably.
[1] And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and
with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto
Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
[2] And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her
children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
[3] And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven
times, until he came near to his brother.
[4] And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
[5] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said,
Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously
given thy servant.
[6] Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed
themselves.
[7] And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
[8] And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he
said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
[9] And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
[10] And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy
face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
My cousins, who lived only two miles away when we were growing up, weren't
allowed to interact with my family. They never came to reunions or talked to
us at the local grocery store. Their parents said it was because, back then,
we didn't attend church and we'd be a bad influence on them. What a surprise
when many years later, a cousin attended my eldest brother's funeral! He
approached us one by one and humbly apologised for their attitude.
Our relationship with him began to be restored.
Jacob needed a humble heart to seek restoration with his twin brother, Esau.
Jacob, the second born, had connived against Esau: He stole his brother's
birthright (Genesis 25:19-34) and deceived his elderly father into giving him
the firstborn's blessing (26:34–27:40). Furious, Esau threatened to kill him,
so Jacob had run to another country.
Years later, Jacob wanted to return home but was afraid the deep division
between him and his brother wouldn't be resolved without bloodshed (32:6-8).
When he and Esau finally met, he humbly "bowed down to the ground seven times
as he approached his brother" (33:3). He feared Esau would kill him, but
instead Esau came running "and embraced him" (v. 4).
Whether we've harmed another or have been harmed, it takes humility, openness,
and often much work to heal the brokenness. But God can and will help us.
Reflect & Pray
What relationships in your life might need restoration?
How can you start the process?
Dear Father, please keep me from holding grudges
or becoming bitter and help me forgive others and ask for forgiveness.
Broken relationships can be hard to mend, but
God calls us to be in community with one another. Learn how we can work to
mend relationships by reading this article.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 2 - Due Season
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not grow weary in doing good,
for in due season we shall reap, if we do not give up.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Jackie's preschool class took on an exciting project: they were going to grow
flowers from seeds, Each child took the seed, planted it carefully in the
bedding soil, watered, and waited. But Jackie couldn't wait. Every day
for a week he ran to the window box, looked for his plants, poked, prodded,
unplanted the seeds and then planted them again. "It's no use,"
he pouted after the first week. "Nothing's gonna grow in there."
We live in an instant society - microwave dinners, quick fixes, easy answers.
We are conditioned by our environment to expect - even to demand -
immediate response, and when we have to wait,
we become impatient and irritable.
Paul's exhortation to the Galatians, "Let us not become weary in doing good,"
is as appropriate for twentieth-century believers as it was for the new church
at Galatia. We lose motivation when we don't see results,
and weariness sets in.
If our work does not seem to be producing as we hope, we want to abandon it
and move on to a new project.
But God says, "You will reap a harvest if you don't give up." We give up too
soon in our prayers for a loved one's salvation. We abandon hope too readily
when we don't see spiritual growth in our own lives, when our investment in
another's spiritual maturity seems to have no return. The Lord says,
"The harvest is coming; be patient; trust me."
In due season the harvest comes; when it's the right time. When the seed has
had time to germinate, when the roots are string enough, when the conditions
are right, the reaping time will come. But we must be willing to wait for
the due season, the moment of ripeness, when our labor brings its return.
Application
a) Have I ever felt that my spiritual labours have produced no harvest at all?
b) What does it mean to my own spiritual growth that there is a "due season"
for reaping the harvest?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned,
and have not love, it profits me nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity,
it profiteth me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD?
Or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength,
And maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war,
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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.
Leviticus 13
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
[2] When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or a
bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy;
then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the
priests:
[3] And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and
when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be
deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest
shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
[4] If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be
not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the
priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
[5] And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin;
then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
[6] And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if
the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the
priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
[7] But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been
seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
[8] And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
[9] When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto
the priest;
[10] And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in
the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in
the rising;
[11] It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
[12] And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover
all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot,
wheresoever the priest looketh;
[13] Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have
covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it
is all turned white: he is clean.
[14] But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
[15] And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
[16] Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall
come unto the priest;
[17] And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into
white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is
clean.
[18] The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is
healed,
[19] And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot,
white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
[20] And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the
skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
[21] But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then
the priest shall shut him up seven days:
[22] And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
[23] But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a
burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
[24] Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning,
and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish,
or white;
[25] Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is
a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
[26] But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in
the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat
dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
[27] And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread
much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is
the plague of leprosy.
[28] And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,
but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall
pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
[29] If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
[30] Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head
or beard.
[31] And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be
not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it;
then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven
days:
[32] And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and,
behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the
scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
[33] He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest
shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
[34] And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold,
if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the
skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
[35] But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
[36] Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread
in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
[37] But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black
hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest
shall pronounce him clean.
[38] If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots,
even white bright spots;
[39] Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in
the skin; he is clean.
[40] And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he
clean.
[41] And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward
his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
[42] And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish
sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
[43] Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the
sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
[44] He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
[45] And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his
head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
Unclean, unclean.
[46] All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he
is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
The Law About Leprous Garments
47 (Jude 1:23) If a garment has a leprous disease,
whether it is a wool or a linen garment,
48 whether it is in the warp or woof of the linen or wool fabric,
or in the leather or anything made of leather,
49 and if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment,
or in the leather, or in the warp or woof, or in anything made of leather,
it is a leprous disease and shall be shown to the priest.
50 And the priest shall examine the disease, and isolate the infected
article for seven days.
51 (Lev 14:44) And he shall examine the disease on the seventh day.
If the disease has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof,
or in the leather, or in any work that is made of leather,
this is a spreading leprous disease. It is unclean.
52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof,
wool or linen, or anything of leather that has the disease,
for it is a spreading leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire.
53 If the priest examines it, and the disease has not spread in the garment,
either in the warp or the woof, or in anything of leather,
54 then the priest shall command that they wash the article
in which the disease appears, and he shall isolate it for seven days more.
55 The priest shall examine the infected article after it has been washed.
If the infected spot has not changed its color,
even if the disease has not spread, it is unclean.
You shall burn it in the fire, whether the leprous spot is on the inside
or on the outside of the article.
56 If the priest examines and the disease has faded after washing it,
he shall tear the spot out of the garment, or out of the leather,
or out of the warp or the woof.
57 If it still appears in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof,
or in anything of leather, it is spreading. You shall burn in the fire
that in which the disease appears.
58 The garment that you have washed, either in the warp or woof,
or anything of leather, if the disease is gone from it, then
it shall be washed a second time and shall be clean.
59 This is the law of the leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen,
either in the warp or woof, or anything of leather to determine if
it is clean or unclean.
[47] The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a
woollen garment, or a linen garment;
[48] Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in
a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
[49] And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
[50] And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the
plague seven days:
[51] And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or
in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is
unclean.
[52] He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen
or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a
fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
[53] And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in
the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
[54] Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the
plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
[55] And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and,
behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not
spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward,
whether it be bare within or without.
[56] And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after
the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the
skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
[57] And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn
that wherein the plague is with fire.
[58] And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it
be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
[59] This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it
clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
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LEVITICUS 12
Purification After Childbirth
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Lev 15:19; Ge 1:28; Lev 18:19) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
If a woman has conceived and bears a male child,
then she shall be unclean seven days,
as in the days of her monthly menstruation she shall be unclean.
3 (Lk 1:59; 2:21) On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin
shall be circumcised.
4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying
for thirty-three days. She shall not touch anything holy,
nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purifying are fulfilled.
5 But if she gives birth to a female child,
then she shall be unclean for two weeks as in her monthly menstruation,
and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying for sixty-six days.
6 (Lk 2:22) When the days of her purifying are fulfilled,
whether for a son or for a daughter,
she shall bring a year-old lamb for a burnt offering,
and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering,
to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting,
7 who shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her.
Then she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood.
This is the law for the woman who has given birth to a male or a female child.
8 (Lev 4:26; 5:7) If she cannot afford a lamb,
then she shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons,
one for the burnt offering and the other for a sin offering,
and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Leviticus 12
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived
seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according
to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
[3] And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
[4] And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and
thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
[5] But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in
her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying
threescore and six days.
[6] And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and
a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
[7] Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and
she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her
that hath born a male or a female.
[8] And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other
for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she
shall be clean.
(Biology in the name of the Lord)
LEVITICUS 13
The Law Concerning Leprosy
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 (Dt 24:8; Lev 14:56; 14:3) When a man has on the skin of his body
a swelling, a scab, or spot, and it turns on the skin of his body
like a mark of a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron
the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
3 (Ro 3:19-20) And the priest shall examine the mark on the skin
of the body, and when the hair on the diseased area is white,
and the mark appears to be deeper than the skin of his body,
then it is a leprous sore. So the priest shall look on him
and pronounce him unclean.
4 (Nu 12:15) If the spot is white on the skin of his body,
and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, and the hair is not white,
then the priest shall isolate the person who has the mark for seven days.
5 Then the priest shall examine him on the seventh day,
and if the mark is still visible,
and the mark has not spread into the skin,
then the priest shall isolate him for seven days more.
6 (Lev 11:25; 14:8) And the priest shall examine him again
on the seventh day, and if the mark has faded and not spread
into the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean;
it is only a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
7 But if the scab spreads in the skin after he has been seen
by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again.
8 And if the priest sees that the scab has spread in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is leprosy.
9 When a person has leprosy, then it shall be reported to the priest.
10 (2Ki 5:27; 2Ch 26:19–20) And the priest shall examine him,
and if there is a white swelling in the skin,
and it has turned the hair white,
and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
11 it is a recurring leprosy in the skin of his body,
and the priest shall pronounce him unclean,
but he shall not isolate him, for he is unclean.
12 If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin,
and the disease covers all the skin of the person
who has the disease from his head to his feet,
wherever the priest looks,
13 then the priest shall examine,
and if the leprosy has covered all his body,
he shall pronounce him clean from the disease.
It has all turned white, and he is clean.
14 But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
15 The priest shall see the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean,
for the raw flesh is unclean. It is leprosy.
16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and it is changed to white,
then he shall come to the priest.
17 And the priest shall see him, and if the disease is changed to white,
then the priest shall pronounce him clean who has the disease. He is clean.
18 (Ex 9:9) And when the skin has a boil, and it is healed,
19 and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling
or a reddish-white spot, then it will be shown to the priest.
20 And if the priest sees it, and it is deeper than the skin,
and the hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
It is a leprous sore that has broken out in the boil.
21 But if the priest looks at it, and there are no white hairs in it,
and if it is not deeper than the skin but has faded,
then the priest shall isolate the person for seven days.
22 If it spreads around the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.
23 But if the spot stays in its place and does not spread,
then it is the scar of a boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 Or if there is some of the skin on the body where there is a burn,
and the raw flesh that has a burn becomes a reddish or white spot,
25 then the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot
has turned white, and it is deeper than the skin, then it is
a leprous disease broken out from the burn.
Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.
26 But if the priest looks at it, and there is no white hair in the spot,
and it is no deeper than the other skin and is faded, then the priest shall
isolate him for seven days.
27 And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day,
and if it has spread around the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.
28 If the spot stays in its place and it does not spread in the skin,
but is faded, then it is a swelling from the burn,
and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is a scar from the burn.
29 If a man or woman has a sore on the head or in the beard,
30 then the priest shall examine the sore, and if it is deeper than the skin
and there is in it a yellow thin hair, then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard.
31 If the priest examines the scaly sore, and it is no deeper than the skin,
and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the person
with the scale for seven days.
32 And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the sore,
and if the scale has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it,
and the scale is not deeper than the skin,
33 then he shall shave, but the scale he shall not shave,
and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale another seven days.
34 And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the scale.
If the scale has not spread in the skin and is no deeper than the skin,
the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes and be clean.
35 But if the scale spreads over the skin after his cleansing,
36 then the priest shall examine him. If the scale has spread over the skin,
the priest shall not look for yellow hair. He is unclean.
37 But if the scale appears not to have changed
and there is black hair growing in it, then the scale is healed.
He is clean and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 If a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body,
even white bright spots,
39 then the priest shall examine, and if the bright spots
on the skin of the body are a faded white,
then it is just a rash that has broken out on the skin. He is clean.
40 When a man has lost hair from his head, then he is bald.
He is still clean.
41 And when a man has lost hair from his forehead, then he is bald
on the forehead. He is still clean.
42 But if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white sore,
it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
43Then the priest shall examine it. If the diseased swelling is reddish-white
on his bald head or on his bald forehead, resembling a leprous disease
in the skin of the body,
44 he is leprous. He is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean.
His disease is on his head.
45 (Lev 10:6; La 4:15; Eze 24:17) The man who has the leprous disease
shall have torn clothes and disheveled hair; and he shall cover his mustache
and shall cry, "Unclean, unclean."
46 (2Ki 7:3; 15:5) All the days that he has the disease,
he shall be defiled. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone,
and he shall live outside the camp.
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Day 47, 16 February 2026
1) Leviticus 11 , Leviticus 12, Leviticus 13
LEVITICUS 11
Clean and Unclean Foods
Dt 14:3-20
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:
2 (Mt 15:11; Heb 9:10) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
These are the living things which you shall eat
among all the animals that are on the earth.
3 Whatever animal has a parted hoof (that is, split-hoofed),
and chews the cud among the animals, that one you shall eat.
4 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud
or of those that have a divided hoof: The camel, because it chews
the cud but does not have a divided hoof, is unclean to you;
5 (Ps 104:18; Pr 30:26) the rock badger, because it chews
the cud but does not have a divided hoof, is unclean to you;
6 (Dt 14:7) the hare, because it chews the cud but does not
have a divided hoof, is unclean to you;
7 (Isa 65:4; 66:3) the pig, though it does have a divided hoof
(that is, split-hoofed), yet it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you;
8 (Isa 52:11; Heb 9:10) you shall not eat of their flesh,
and their carcasses you must not touch; they are unclean to you.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the waters:
Whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the rivers,
these you shall eat;
10 (Lev 7:18) all that do not have fins and scales in the seas
and in the rivers, from all that move in the waters
and from any living thing that is in the waters, they are detestable to you;
11 they shall be detestable to you. You shall not eat of their flesh,
and you shall detest their carcasses.
12 Whatever has no fins or scales in the waters is detestable to you.
13 These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten;
they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture,
and the black vulture,
14 the kite, and buzzard of any kind,
15 the raven of any kind,
16 and the eagle owl, the short-eared and long-eared owls,
and the hawk of any kind,
17 and the little owl, the cormorant, and the screech owl,
18 and the white owl, the scops owl, and the osprey,
19 and the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 All flying insects that walk, moving on all fours,
shall be detestable to you.
21 Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps
on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet
with which to hop on the ground.
22 (Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6) Even of these you may eat: the locust of any kind,
the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper
of any kind.
23 But all other flying insects that have four feet
shall be detestable to you.
24 And by these you shall be unclean. Whoever touches
the carcass of these shall be unclean until the evening.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye
shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
[3] Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud,
among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
[4] Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but
divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
[5] And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he
is unclean unto you.
[6] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he
is unclean unto you.
[7] And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he
cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
[8] Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch;
they are unclean to you.
[9] These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins
and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
[10] And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the
waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
[11] They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their
flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
[12] Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
[13] And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls;
they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
[14] And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
[15] Every raven after his kind;
[16] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his
kind,
[17] And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
[18] And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
[19] And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
[20] All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto
you.
[21] Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all
four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
[22] Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald
locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper
after his kind.
[23] But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an
abomination unto you.
[24] And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of
them shall be unclean until the even.
Unclean Animals
25 (Lev 11:40; 14:8) Whoever carries any of the carcasses of these shall
wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
26 The carcass of every animal that divides the hoof but is not completely
split-hoofed nor chews the cud is unclean to you.
Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
27 Whatever animal that walks on its paws,
among all manner of animals that go on all fours,
those are unclean to you.
Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
28 He who carries the carcass of these shall wash his clothes
and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
29 (Lev 11:41-42) These also shall be unclean to you among
the crawling things that move on the ground: the mole rat,
the mouse, and the great lizard of any kind,
30 and the gecko, the lizard, the wall gecko, the sand lizard,
and the chameleon.
31These are unclean to you among all that crawl.
Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
32 (Lev 15:12) And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead
shall be unclean, whether it be an article of wood or clothing or a skin
or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose.
It must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until the evening;
then it shall be clean.
33 (Lev 6:28; 15:12) Every clay vessel into
which any of these falls, everything in
it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
34 Any food in it that may be eaten on which water
is poured shall be unclean, and any drink that may be drunk
in every such vessel shall be unclean.
35 Everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean;
whether it is an oven or stove, it shall be broken to pieces.
They are unclean and shall be unclean to you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or cistern where there is plenty of water
shall be clean, but whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean.
37 If any part of their carcass falls on any grain seed that is to be sown,
it shall be clean.
38 But if any water is put on the seed,
and any part of their carcass fall on it, it shall be unclean to you.
39 If any animal from which you may eat dies,
whoever touches the carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
40 (Lev 22:8; Eze 44:31) And the person who eats of the carcass
shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
The person who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes
and be unclean until the evening.
41 (Lev 11:29) Every crawling thing that moves on the ground
shall be detestable. It shall not be eaten.
42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours,
or whatever has many feet from any crawling things that move on the earth,
you shall not eat them for they are detestable.
43 (Lev 20:25; 11:41-42) You shall not make yourselves detestable
with any crawling thing that moves,
nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them,
that you should thereby be defiled by them.
44 (Lev 19:2; Ex 19:6) For I am the Lord your God.
You shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy,
for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner
of crawling thing that moves on the ground.
45 (Ex 6:7; 20:2; Ps 105:43-45) For I am the Lord who brings you up
out of the land of Egypt to be your God. Therefore you shall be holy,
for I am holy.
46 This is the law for the animals, and the fowls, and every living
creature that moves in the waters, and every creature that crawls
on the ground,
47 (Lev 10:10; Eze 44:23) to differentiate
between the unclean and the clean,
and between the animal that may be eaten
and the animal that may not be eaten.
[25] And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
[26] The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean.
[27] And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go
on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall
be unclean until the even.
[28] And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
[29] These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that
creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his
kind,
[30] And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and
the mole.
[31] These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch
them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
[32] And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it
shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or
sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
[33] And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is
in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
[34] Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall
be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be
unclean.
[35] And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be
unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down:
for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
[36] Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall
be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
[37] And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to
be sown, it shall be clean.
[38] But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase
fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
[39] And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
[40] And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
[41] And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
[42] Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or
whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the
earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
[43] Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that
creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should
be defiled thereby.
[44] For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and
ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any
manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[45] For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
[46] This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon
the earth:
[47] To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the
beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
(Science says scavengers are cancerous)
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Leviticus 10
[1] And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer,
and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire
before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
[2] And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died
before the LORD.
[3] Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I
will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I
will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
[4] And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of
Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the
sanctuary out of the camp.
[5] So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as
Moses had said.
[6] And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons,
Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest
wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of
Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
[7] And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you.
And they did according to the word of Moses.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
[9] Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when
ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a
statute for ever throughout your generations:
[10] And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean;
[11] And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the
LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
[12] And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons
that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of
the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is
most holy:
[13] And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy
sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am
commanded.
[14] And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place;
thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and
thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of
the children of Israel.
[15] The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the
offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the
LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever;
as the LORD hath commanded.
[16] And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold,
it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron
which were left alive, saying,
[17] Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing
it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the
congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
[18] Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye
should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
[19] And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin
offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have
befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been
accepted in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And when Moses heard that, he was content.
2) Our Daily Bread for 15 February 2025 titled
Handle with Care
by Marvin Williams
John 13:31-38
The New Commandment
31 (Jn 7:39; 14:13) When he had gone out, Jesus then said,
"Now is the Son of Man glorified, and in Him God is glorified.
32 (Jn 12:23; 17:1) If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him
in Himself and will immediately glorify Him.
33 (Jn 7:33-34; 1Jn 2:1) "Little children, yet a little while I am with you.
You will seek Me. And as I said to the Jews, so now I tell you,
'Where I am going, you cannot come.'
34 (Lev 19:18; Eph 5:2) "A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another, even as I have loved you,
that you also love one another.
35 (Jn 17:21) By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another."
Peter's Denial Foretold
Mt 26:31-35; Mk 14:27-31; Lk 22:31-34
36 (2Pe 1:14; Jn 13:33) Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?"
Jesus answered him, "Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now.
But you shall follow Me afterward."
37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now?
I will lay down my life for Your sake."
38 (Mk 14:30) Jesus answered Him, "Will you lay down your life for My sake?
Truly, truly I say to you, the rooster shall not crow until you have denied Me
three times."
[31] Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world
be cast out.
[32] And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
[33] This he said, signifying what death he should die.
[34] The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ
abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who
is this Son of man?
[35] Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you.
Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that
walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
[36] While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children
of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from
them.
[37] But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed
not on him:
[38] That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the
Lord been revealed?
Stradivarius violins, cellos, and guitars are among the most treasured musical
instruments in the world. Crafted during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, the pieces are rare and invaluable. Something so precious deserves
the utmost care. So when a Stradivarius cello - worth more than $20 million -
fell off a table during a photo shoot, it was truly shocking!
Just as a Stradivarius must be handled carefully, so must our relationships.
We're to love others because Christ demonstrated His love toward us.
In John 13:34, Jesus gave His disciples a command that requires careful
attention: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,
so you must love one another." Why did Christ call it a new command?
It was new because it was rooted in the way Jesus loved people. This new
command to love wasn’t careless or casual but intentional, precious,
and sacrificial. Loving this way would lead to discipleship, self-denial, and
possibly even death for the disciples. This care for one another would be how
they survived in a difficult and hostile world after Christ's departure. And
Jesus told them, "Everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you love one another" (v. 35).
Let's carefully and sacrificially love others - reflecting Jesus' precious
and priceless love.
Reflect & Pray
Why is it difficult to show love to some people?
What can help you love them in a way that reflects the love Jesus revealed?
Dear Jesus, thank You for sacrificially loving me.
Please help me love others the same way.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.
Application
a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?
b) What changes need to take place in my life
so that I might pray with greater power?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
Romans 13:7-8
7 (Mt 17:25; 22:21) Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes
are due, respect to whom respect is due, fear to whom fear is due,
and honor to whom honour is due.
8 (Ro 13:10; Mt 7:12) Owe no one anything, except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Eternal Faithfulness
Ps 117
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Exalt Him, all you peoples!
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
1 O praise the LORD,
All ye nations: Praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us:
And the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
Praise ye the LORD.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
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?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
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.
III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus
Conclusion:
“Holy Spirit …
• Please show me the reason You would like me to fast.”
• What food would You like me to fast from?”
• What time frame do You want me to fast?”
Pray to the Lord and pray ask Him what you can do for Him and
give Him reverence.
Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, thank You for sacrificially loving me.
Please help me love others the same way."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know how to pray in His Will.
Pray to the Lord and pray to owe no one.
Pray to the Lord and exalt Yahweh.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Pray for the Lord to convict all of His Righteous standards of living.
Pray for comfort on behalf of Hawa in Somalia, who was
abandoned by her husband after placing her faith in Jesus.
Thank You for Your faithfulness. I eagerly await the testimonies of their
return. In Jesus' name, 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
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LEVITICUS 9
The Priestly Ministry Begins
1 And it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron
and his sons and the elders of Israel.
2 (Lev 4:3; Ex 29:1) Then he said to Aaron, "
Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering,
without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.
3 (Lev 4:23; Ezr 6:17) To the children of Israel you shall speak, saying,
'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb-both a year old
without blemish-for a burnt offering,
4 (Ex 29:43; Lev 9:6) also an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice
before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil.
For today the Lord will appear to you.' "
5 They brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting,
and the entire congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
6 (Ex 24:16; Lev 9:23) Moses said, "This is the thing which the Lord
commanded that you should do; then the glory of the Lord shall appear to you."
7 (Heb 5:3; 5:1) Then Moses said to Aaron, "Go to the altar,
and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement
for yourself and for the people, and offer the sacrifice of the people,
and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded."
8 Aaron therefore went to the altar and slaughtered the calf
of the sin offering which was for himself.
9 (Lev 4:6-7; 8:15) The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him,
and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar,
and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
10 But the fat, the kidneys, and the appendage
above the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
11 (Lev 4:11-12; 8:17) The flesh and the hide he burned
with fire outside the camp.
12 He slaughtered the burnt offering,
and the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him,
which he sprinkled on the sides of the altar.
13 They presented the burnt offering to him,
with its pieces, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.
14 (Lev 8:21) He then washed the entrails and the legs
and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
15 (Lev 4:27-31; 9:3) He brought the people's offering,
and took the goat which was the sin offering for the people,
and slaughtered it, and offered it for sin as the first offering.
16 And he brought the burnt offering
and offered it according to its regulation.
17 (Lev 2:1-2) Then he brought the grain offering,
took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar,
besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
18 He slaughtered the ox and the ram as a sacrifice of peace offerings
for the people, and the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him,
which he sprinkled on the sides of the altar,
19 and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fatty tail,
and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys,
and the appendage above the liver.
20 They put the fat pieces on the breasts,
and he burned the fat on the altar.
21 (Lev 7:30-34) But the breasts and the right thigh
Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord just
as Moses commanded.
22 (Dt 21:5; Lk 24:50) Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people,
and blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering,
the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
23 (Lev 9:6; Nu 16:19) Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting,
and when they came out they blessed the people,
and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
24 (Jdg 6:21; 1Ki 18:38-39) A fire came out from before the Lord,
and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat that were on the altar.
When all the people saw this, they shouted and fell on their faces.
Leviticus 9
[1] And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his
sons, and the elders of Israel;
[2] And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a
ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
[3] And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid
of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first
year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
[4] Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the
LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear
unto you.
[5] And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
[6] And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye
should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
[7] And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin
offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for
the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for
them; as the LORD commanded.
[8] Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.
[9] And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his
finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out
the blood at the bottom of the altar:
[10] But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin
offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[11] And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
[12] And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the
blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
[13] And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces
thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
[14] And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt
offering on the altar.
[15] And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the
sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the
first.
[16] And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the
manner.
[17] And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
[18] He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the
blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
[19] And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
[20] And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the
altar:
[21] And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering
before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
[22] And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and
came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and
peace offerings.
[23] And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto
all the people.
[24] And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the
altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
LEVITICUS 10
The Death of Nadab and Abihu
1 (Lev 16:12; Nu 26:61; Ex 24:1) Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,
each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it,
and offered strange fire before the Lord,
which He did not command them to do.
2 (Nu 26:61; Lev 9:24; Nu 16:35) Then a fire came out from the Lord
and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
3 (Eze 28:22; Ex 19:22) Then Moses said to Aaron,
"This is what the Lord spoke, saying:
'I will be sanctified
by those who come near Me;
and before all the people
I will be glorified.' "
And Aaron held his peace.
4 (Ex 6:22; 6:18) Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel
the uncle of Aaron, and said to them,
"Come near, and carry your brothers
from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
5 So they went near, and carried them in their tunics
out of the camp as Moses had said.
6 (Nu 16:22; Jos 7:1) Moses said to Aaron,
and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons,
"Do not let your hair be loosely disheveled,
nor rend your clothes, lest you die,
and lest wrath come upon all the people.
Instead, let your brothers, the whole house of Israel,
mourn the burning which the Lord has caused.
7 (Lev 21:12; Ex 28:41) You shall not go out from the entrance
of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil
of the Lord is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
8 The Lord spoke to Aaron, saying:
9 (Lk 1:15; 1Ti 3:3; Isa 28:7) Do not drink wine nor strong drink,
you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting,
lest you die. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations,
10 (Lev 11:47; Eze 22:26) so that you may differentiate between what is
holy and common and between what is unclean and clean.
11 (Dt 24:8; Mal 2:7 ) And so you may teach the children of Israel
all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
12 (Lev 21:22; Nu 18:9-10) Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar,
his sons who were left: Take the grain offering that remains of the food
offerings of the Lord made by fire
and eat it without leaven beside the altar. For it is most holy.
13 (Lev 2:3; 6:16) And you shall eat it in a holy place, because
it is your due and your sons' due from the food sacrifices of the Lord
made by fire. For so I have been commanded.
14 (Nu 18:11) The breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed
you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters
with you, for they are your due and your sons' due which are given out
of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
15 (Lev 7:34) The thigh that is contributed and the breast that
is waved they shall bring with the fat pieces of the food offerings
made by fire to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord,
and it shall be yours and your sons' with you as a perpetual statute,
as the Lord has commanded.
16 (Lev 9:3; 9:15) Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering
and saw it was burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar,
the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying,
17 (Ex 28:38; Lev 22:16) "Why have you not eaten the sin offering
in the sacred area, knowing that it is most holy and God has given
it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation to make atonement
for them before the Lord?
18 (Lev 6:30; 6:26) Its blood was not brought into
the inner part of the sanctuary. Indeed you should have eaten
it in the sanctuary as I commanded."
19 (Lev 9:12; 9:8) Aaron said to Moses, "Today they have offered
their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord,
and such things have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today,
should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?"
20 And when Moses heard that, he approved.
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• Discernment -
Ezra 8:21 -23;
21 (2Ch 20:3; Ps 5:8) Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river
of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God,
to seek from Him a good route for us, our little ones,
and all our substance.
22 (2Ch 15:2; Ezr 7:6) For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort
of foot and horse soldiers to help us against the enemy on the way,
because we had spoken to the king, saying, "The hand of our God is upon
all who seek Him for good, but His power and His wrath are against all
who forsake Him."
23 (Jer 29:12-13; 1Ch 5:20) So we fasted and sought our God for this,
and He was moved by our prayers.
[21] Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might
afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and
for our little ones, and for all our substance.
[22] For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto
the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek
him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
[23] So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Acts 13:2-3;
2 (Ac 9:15; 2Ti 1:11) As they worshipped the Lord and fasted,
the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them."
3 (Ac 6:6; 14:26) Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands
on them and sent them off.
[2] As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
[3] And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they
sent them away.
Acts 14:23
23 (Titus 1:5; Ac 11:30; 20:32) When they had appointed elders for them
in every church, with prayer and fasting, they commended them to the Lord
in whom they believed.
[23] And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
• Crisis -
Judges 20:26
26 (Jdg 20:23; 20:18) Then all the children of Israel, all the people, went up
to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord.
They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before the Lord.
[26] Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came
unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted
that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before
the LORD.
2Chron 20:3-4
3 (2Ch 19:3; 1Sa 7:6) Then Jehoshaphat was fearful and set himself to seek
the Lord, and he called for a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And Judah was assembled to seek the Lord; even from all the cities of Judah,
they came to obtain aid from the Lord.
[3] And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed
a fast throughout all Judah.
[4] And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even
out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Esther 4:15-17
15 Then Esther replied, sending back to Mordecai:
16 (Ge 43:14; Est 5:1) "Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa,
then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day.
I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go
to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish."
17 So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.
[15] Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
[16] Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
[17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
• Grief and Concern -
2Sam 1:11-12
11 (Ge 37:29; 2Sa 3:31) Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,
as did all of the men who were with him.
12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul,
Jonathan his son, the people of the Lord, and the house of Israel,
because they had fallen by the sword.
[11] Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all
the men that were with him:
[12] And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of
Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2Sam 12:16-23
16 (2Sa 13:31) David entreated God on behalf of the child.
He fasted for a period, and he would go in and lie throughout the night
on the ground.
17 (2Sa 3:35) The elders of his house stood beside him to rouse him
from the ground, but he was not willing, nor would he consume
food with them.
18 The child died on the seventh day, and the servants of David
were afraid to tell him that the child had died. They said,
"When the child was alive, we would speak to him,
but he would not acknowledge our voices.
Now how can we say to him, 'The child is dead'? He may do harm."
19 When David noticed that his servants were whispering to one another,
he perceived that the child was dead.
So he asked his servants, "Is the child dead?"
They said, "He is dead."
20 (Job 1:20; Ru 3:3) So David arose from the ground, washed,
anointed himself, and changed his garments. Then he entered the house
of the Lord and worshipped. He then went in to his own house.
When he asked, they set down food for him and ate.
21 His servants said to him, "What is this thing you have done?
You fasted and wept for the sake of the living child,
but when the child died, you arose and ate food."
22 (Isa 38:1-3; 38:5) He explained, "As long as the child was alive,
I fasted and wept because I thought, 'Who knows?
The Lord may be gracious to me, so that the child may live.'
23 (Ge 37:35; Job 7:8-10) But now he is dead. Why should I fast?
Am I able to bring him back again? I will go to him,
but he will not return to me."
[16] David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went
in, and lay all night upon the earth.
[17] And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up
from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
[18] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the
servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said,
Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not
hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that
the child is dead?
[19] But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that
the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead.
[20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and
changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before
him, and he did eat.
[21] Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast
done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when
the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
[22] And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I
said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may
live?
[23] But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Neh 1:4
4 (Ne 2:4; Ezr 10:1) When I heard these words, I sat down and wept
and mourned for days. Then I fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
[4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
• Longing for God's presence -
Ps 35:13;
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returns to my own heart.
13] But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Ps 69:10;
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) When I wept with fasting for my soul,
it became an insult to me.
[10] When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
Matt 9:14-15;
14 (Mt 11:2; Jn 3:25) Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking,
"Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
15 (Jn 3:29; Ac 14:23) Jesus answered, "Can the guests of the bridegroom
mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we
and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber
mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come,
when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Luke 2:37
[37] And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed
not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
37 (1Ti 5:5; Ac 14:23) And she was a widow of about 84 years of age
who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting
and prayer night and day.
Another REason to Fast: Reward
Matthew 6:18b
18 (Mt 6:4; 6:6) And your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
[18] and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
F) How should we fast?
Matthew 6:17
17 (Ru 3:3) But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
[17] But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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1)Leviticus 8, Leviticus 9, Leviticus 10
LEVITICUS 8
The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
Ex 29:1-37
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 28:2-4) Take Aaron and his sons with him,
and the garments, and the anointing oil,
and a bull for the sin offering,
and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread,
3 and gather all the congregation together
at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him,
and the assembly was gathered together
at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
5 Moses said to the congregation,
"This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done."
6 (Ex 29:4; 1Co 6:11) Moses brought Aaron and his sons
and washed them with water.
7 (Ex 28:4) Then he put the tunic on him, and tied the sash around him,
and clothed him with the robe, and putthe ephod upon him, and he girded
him with the decorative band of the ephod and bound the ephod to him.
8 (Ezr 2:63) He put the breastplate on him. He also put the Urim
and the Thummim in the breastplate.
9 Then he put the turban upon his head.
Also on the turban at the front he put the golden plate,
the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.
10 Moses took the anointing oil,
and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it,
and sanctified them.
11 He sprinkled oil on the altar seven times and anointed the altar
and all its vessels, both the laver and its stand, to sanctify them.
12 (Ex 30:30; Ps 133:2) Then he poured some of the anointing oil
on the head of Aaron and anointed him to sanctify him.
13 (Ex 29:8-9) Moses brought the sons of Aaron and put tunics on them,
and girded them with sashes, and put headbands on them, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
14 (Eze 43:19) He brought the bull for the sin offering,
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull
for the sin offering.
15 (Lev 4:7) He slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood,
and put it on the horns of the altar around it with his finger,
and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar,
and sanctified it to make reconciliation on it.
16 (Ex 29:13) He took all the fat that was on the entrails,
and the appendage above the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat,
and Moses burned them on the altar.
17 (Lev 4:11-12; Ex 29:14) But the bull, and its hide, its flesh,
and its refuse he burned with fire outside the camp,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
18 (Lev 8:2) Then he brought the ram for the burnt offering,
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19 He killed it, and Moses sprinkled the blood on the sides of the altar.
20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head, the pieces,
and the fat.
21 (Ex 29:18) He washed the entrails and the legs in water,
and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering
for a pleasing aroma, and a food offering made by fire to the Lord,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 (Lev 8:2) Next he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration,
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23 (Ex 29:20; Lev 14:14) He slaughtered it, and Moses took some
of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron,
and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 He brought the sons of Aaron, and Moses put some of the blood
on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands,
and on the big toes of their right feet.
Then Moses sprinkled the blood on the sides of the altar.
25 He took the fat, and the fatty tail, and all the fat that was
on the entrails, and the appendage above the liver, and the two kidneys,
and their fat, and the right thigh,
26 (Ex 29:23) and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before
the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread,
and one wafer and put them on the fat and on the right thigh.
27 And he put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons
and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
28 (Ex 29:25) Then Moses took them from off their hands
and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering.
This was a consecration for a pleasing aroma,
an offering made by fire to the Lord.
29 Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord.
This part of the ram of consecration was for Moses,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 (Nu 3:3; Ex 29:21) Then Moses took some of the anointing oil
and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron,
and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons
with him and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons,
and the garments of his sons with him.
31 (Ex 29:31-32) Moses said to Aaron and to his sons,
"Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting
and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations
just as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
32 (Ex 29:34) That which remains of the flesh
and of the bread you shall burn up.
33 (Ex 29:35) You shall not go out of the door of the tent of meeting
for seven days, until the days of your consecration are at an end,
for your consecration will take seven days.
34 (Heb 7:16) As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded
what is to be done to make atonement for you.
35 (Nu 3:7; 9:19) Therefore you shall abide at the entrance of the tent
of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord
that you do not die, for so I have been commanded."
36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 8
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing
oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of
unleavened bread;
[3] And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
[4] And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered
together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[5] And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD
commanded to be done.
[6] And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
[7] And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and
clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him
with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
[8] And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the
Urim and the Thummim.
[9] And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his
forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[10] And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all
that was therein, and sanctified them.
[11] And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the
altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
[12] And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him,
to sanctify him.
[13] And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded
them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[14] And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
[15] And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of
the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured
the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make
reconciliation upon it.
[16] And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and caul above the
liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the
altar.
[17] But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with
fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[18] And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
[19] And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round
about.
[20] And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the
pieces, and the fat.
[21] And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the
whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and
an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[22] And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
[23] And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the
tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
great toe of his right foot.
[24] And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of
their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the
great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
[25] And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat,
and the right shoulder:
[26] And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he
took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put
them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
[27] And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved
them for a wave offering before the LORD.
[28] And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar
upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is
an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
[29] And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the
LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[30] And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon
the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his
sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his
garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
[31] And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that
is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his
sons shall eat it.
[32] And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn
with fire.
[33] And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an
end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
[34] As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an
atonement for you.
[35] Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that
ye die not: for so I am commanded.
[36] So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses.
(How blessed are in the Lord for being part of the priesthood?)
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Day 46, 15 February 2026
Today at
Calvary Community Church
Pastor Barry Regier spoke on Living Counter-Cultural - Fasting
1 Peter 2:11-12
11 (Jas 4:1; Lev 25:23) Dearly beloved, I implore you as aliens and refugees,
abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
12 (Mt 5:16; 1Pe 3:16) Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles, so that
though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good works
and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.
[11] Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[12] Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they
speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Matthew 6:16-18
Teaching About Fasting
16 (Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13) "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like
the hypocrites with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces
so they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you,
they have their reward.
17 (Ru 3:3) But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 (Mt 6:4; 6:6) so that you will not appear to men to be fasting,
but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
[16] Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
[17] But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
[18] That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
A) What is fasting?
Biblical fasting is the voluntary choice to abstain from food, for a
pre-determined length of time, with a specific spiritual purpose
in mind ... and communicate that to God.
In fact if it's done for show, God is not impressed!
16 (Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13) "Moreover, when you fast, do not be like
the hypocrites with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces
[16] Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Isaiah 58:1-5
1 Cry aloud, do not hold back;
lift up your voice like a trumpet,
and show My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 (Isa 29:13; Titus 1:16) Yet they seek Me daily
and delight to know My ways,
as a nation that has done righteousness
and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for the ordinances of justice;
they take delight in approaching God.
3 (Mal 3:14; Lev 16:29) "Why have we fasted
and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves
and You take no notice?"
Certainly, on the day of your fast you find your desire
and are exacting on all your laborers.
4 (1Ki 21:9-13; Joel 2:13-14) Certainly, you fast for strife and debate
and to strike with the fist of wickedness.
You do not fast as you do this day,
to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 (Zec 7:5; Lev 16:29) Is it such a fast that I have chosen,
a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast
and an acceptable day to the Lord?
[1] Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my
people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
[2] Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that
did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of
me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
[3] Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have
we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of
your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
[4] Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be
heard on high.
[5] Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his
soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and
ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the
LORD?
B) Who Fasts?
16 (Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13) "Moreover, when you fast"
[16] Moreover when ye fast,
C) When should we fast?
16 (Mt 6:2; Ps 35:13) "Moreover, when you fast"
[16] Moreover when ye fast,
D) Where does fasting happen?
Matthew 6:17-18
Teaching About Fasting
17 (Ru 3:3) But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 (Mt 6:4; 6:6) so that you will not appear to men to be fasting,
but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret
will reward you openly.
[17] But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
[18] That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
E) WHY do we fast?
A biblical fast is Choosing a specific spiritual purpose
and communicating that to God.
Nehemiah 1:3-4
3 (Ne 2:17; 2Ki 25:10; Ne 2:3) They said to me, "The remnant that returned
from captivity is there in the province enduring great affliction
and reproach. Also, the wall of Jerusalem remains broken down,
and its gates have been burned with fire."
[3] And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of
Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 (Ne 2:4; Ezr 10:1) When I heard these words, I sat down and wept
and mourned for days. Then I fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
[4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
There are many reasons to fast and pray. Biblically, we have examples of ...
• Repentance and deep remorse for our sin.
• Discernment ... for a significant decision or for understanding what's
going on spiritually.
• A time of crisis and our need for God to move on our behalf.
• Grief and great concern ... like Nehemiah's situation.
• Longing for an increased sense of God's presence and desire
for His Word to come alive.
[For Notes Only] Scripture shows fasting connected to:
• Repentance -
Joel 2:12-13
12 (Jer 4:1; Hos 12:6) Yet even now, declares the Lord,
return to Me with all your heart,
and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.
13 (Ps 34:18; Jnh 4:2) Rend your heart,
and not your garments;
return to the Lord your God,
for He is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
and He relents from punishing.
[12] Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
[13] And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your
God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil.
Jon 3:5-10
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast.
And everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.
6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne,
removed his robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh:
"By decree of the king and his nobles:
No man or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything.
They shall not eat or drink water.
8 Both man and animals shall cover themselves with sackcloth
and cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways
and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who knows? God may relent and change His mind.
He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."
10 When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways,
He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring
upon them, and He did not do it.
[5] So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and
put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
[6] For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,
and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes.
[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd
nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
[8] But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto
God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence
that is in their hands.
[9] Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, that we perish not?
[10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God
repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he
did it not.
1Sam 7:6
6 (Jdg 10:10; Ps 106:6) They gathered together to Mizpah.
And they drew water and poured it out before the Lord.
And they fasted on that day, and said there,
"We have sinned against the Lord."
So Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
[6] And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out
before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned
against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
Neh 9:1-3
1 (Jos 7:6; 1Sa 4:12) Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children
of Israel were assembled with fasting and sackcloth,
and there was dirt on them.
2 (Ezr 10:11; Ne 13:3) The offspring of Israel separated themselves
from all the foreigners and then stood and confessed their sins
and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 (Ne 8:7-8) They stood in their place and read from the Book of the Law
of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day. And for another fourth,
they confessed and worshipped the Lord their God.
[1] Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel
were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
[2] And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
[3] And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the
LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they
confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
3 John 2
2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be
in good health, even as your soul is well.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Is 40:27-31
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my justice escapes the notice of my God"?
28 (Ps 147:5; Ge 21:33; Isa 57:15) Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
29 (Isa 41:10) He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 (Isa 9:17) Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
31 (2Co 4:16; Ps 103:5; Ex 19:4) but those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God,
the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall:
31 but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
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."
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)
Alberta
Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta
Alberta 2015 population 4121700
est Muslim Population 195240
CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton
It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 .
Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries
such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still
continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our
Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom
they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
Adding further
30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020
Under the Keep Praying page
When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month
and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days
of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that
usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,
of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be
decorated and festivals will be held.
For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the
distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of
Islam.
You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",
which means Blessed Eid!"
Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you
know, and Muslims around the world:
- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions
in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about
unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such
movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three
decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim
relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.
Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,
"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even on My menservants and maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]
Footnotes
Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.
- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective
discipleship movements among Muslim people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for
Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under
a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the
house."
Ideas for prayer
- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you
- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving
Christ among Muslim people -
Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."
- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims
throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
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.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord and pray to consecrate yourself to Him and act honourably.
Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, I’m so grateful for the way
You pursue me with an everlasting love."
Pray to the Lord and pray to know Yahwah reigns.
Pray to the Lord and pray for the proserity of the Soul.
Pray to the Lord and pray to lean on the Strength of the Lord.
Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to
Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their
not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach.
- for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.
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
- that God will bless their ministry
and anoint them for effective service.
Pray that Christians will receive opportunities to testify of Christ among
Marxist guerrilla groups in Venezuela.
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
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Leviticus 6
The Law of the Grain Offering
14 (Nu 15:4) This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron
shall offer it before the Lord on the altar.
15 (Lev 2:2; 2:9) He shall take from it a handful of the flour
of the grain offering, and of the oil and all the frankincense
which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar
for a pleasing aroma as a memorial to the Lord.
16 (Lev 2:3; Eze 44:29) Aaron and his sons shall eat the remainder of it;
it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place.
They shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.
17 (Lev 2:11; 6:25) It shall not be baked with leaven.
I have given it to them for their portion of My food offerings made by fire.
It is most holy, as is the sin offering and as is the guilt offering.
18 (Lev 6:29; Nu 18:10) All the males among the children of Aaron shall
eat of it. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations concerning
the food offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Everyone who touches them shall become holy.
19 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
20 (Ex 16:36; 29:2) This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons which
they shall offer to the Lord in the day when he is anointed:
a tenth part of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.)
of wheat flour for a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning
and half at night.
21 (Lev 2:5; 7:9) It shall be made on a griddle with olive oil.
When it is well mixed, you shall bring it; and the baked pieces
of the grain offering you shall offer as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
22 The priest from among the sons of Aaron who is anointed to succeed
him shall offer it. It is a perpetual statute to the Lord.
It shall be completely burned up.
23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be completely burned up.
It shall not be eaten.
[14] And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer
it before the LORD, before the altar.
[15] And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering,
and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat
offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the
memorial of it, unto the LORD.
[16] And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened
bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of
the congregation they shall eat it.
[17] It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their
portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
[18] All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be
a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD
made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
[19] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[20] This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer
unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of
fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and
half thereof at night.
[21] In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for
a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[22] And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer
it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD, it shall be wholly burnt.
[23] For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall
not be eaten.
The Law of the Sin Offering
24 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
25 (Lev 4:24; 1:11; 1:3) Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying:
This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt
offering is killed shall the sin offering also be killed
before the Lord. It is most holy.
26 (Lev 10:17-18; Eze 44:28-29) The priest who offers it
for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten
in the court of the tent of meeting.
27 (Ex 29:37) Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy,
and when blood is sprinkled on any garment,
you shall wash it in a holy place.
28 (Lev 11:33; 15:12) And the clay vessel where it is boiled
shall be broken, and if it is boiled in a bronze pot,
it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat from this offering.
It is most holy.
30 (Lev 4:3-21; 10:18) Any sin offering where blood is brought
into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place
shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up in the fire.
[24] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[25] Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin
offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin
offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
[26] The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place
shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[27] Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there
is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that
whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
[28] But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
[29] All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
[30] And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall
be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
LEVITICUS 7
The Law of the Guilt Offering
1 (Lev 5:1-6; 5:14-6:7) Likewise this is the law of the guilt offering.
It is most holy.
2 (Lev 1:5; 1:11) In the place where they kill the burnt offering
they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall he sprinkle
on the sides of the altar.
3 (Ex 29:13; Lev 3:15-16) He shall offer all the fat.
The fatty tail and the fat that covers the entrails,
4 and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,
and the appendage that is above the liver, along with the kidneys,
he shall take away.
5 And the priest shall burn them on the altar for a food offering made
by fire to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.
6 (Lev 6:29; 2:3) Every male among the priests shall eat from it.
It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
7 (Lev 6:25-26; 14:13) As the sin offering, so is the guilt offering;
there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement shall have it.
8 The priest who offers anyone's burnt offering shall have for himself
the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered.
9 (Lev 2:10; Nu 18:9) Every grain offering that is baked in the oven
and all that is prepared in a pan or griddle shall be for the priest
who offers it.
10 And every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry,
shall be equally shared among all the sons of Aaron.
[1] Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
[2] In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon
the altar.
[3] And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that
covereth the inwards,
[4] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away:
[5] And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by
fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
[6] Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the
holy place: it is most holy.
[7] As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law
for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
[8] And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest
shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
[9] And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that
offereth it.
[10] And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons
of Aaron have, one as much as another.
The Law of Peace Offerings
11 This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings
that a person shall offer to the Lord.
12 (Lev 2:4; Nu 6:15) If he gives it as a thanksgiving offering,
then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened cakes
mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil,
and cakes of wheat flour mixed with olive oil.
13 (Am 4:5; Lev 23:17) Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering
leavened bread with the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings.
14 (Nu 18:19; Ex 29:27-28) From this he shall offer one loaf
from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall be
for the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered;
he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
16 (Lev 19:5-8; Dt 12:6) But if the sacrifice of his offering
is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day
that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day
also the remainder of it can be eaten.
17 (Ex 12:10) But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice
on the third day shall be burned up with fire.
18 (Lev 19:7-8; 11:41) If any of the flesh of the sacrifice
of his peace offerings is eaten at all on the third day,
the one eating shall not be accepted,
nor shall it be imputed to him who offers it.
It shall be contaminated,
and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
19 The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten.
It shall be burned up with fire. And as for the other flesh,
all who are ritually clean can eat of it.
20 But the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings
that belong to the Lord, and who has any uncleanness on him,
that individual shall be cut off from his people.
21 (Lev 5:2-3; 11:10-13) Moreover the person who shall touch any unclean
thing, whether the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any
detestable unclean creature, and then eats of the flesh
of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord,
that individual shall be cut off from his people.
[11] And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall
offer unto the LORD.
[12] If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the
sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
[13] Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with
the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
[14] And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave
offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the
blood of the peace offerings.
[15] And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving
shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it
until the morning.
[16] But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering,
it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the
morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
[17] But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall
be burnt with fire.
[18] And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be
eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be
imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul
that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
[19] And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat
thereof.
[20] But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even
that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[21] Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the
uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing,
and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto
the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden
22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 (Lev 3:16-17) Speak to the children of Israel, saying:
You shall not eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
24 (Ex 22:31; Lev 17:15) The fat of an animal that dies
of itself and the fat of that which is torn by beasts
may be used in any other way, but you shall certainly not eat of it.
25 For whoever eats the fat of an animal that is a food offering made
by fire to the Lord, that individual shall be cut off from his people.
26 (Ge 9:4; Lev 3:17) Moreover you shall not eat any manner of blood,
whether from a fowl or animal, in any of your dwellings.
27 Whoever eats any manner of blood, that individual
shall be cut off from his people.
[22] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of
fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
[24] And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no
wise eat of it.
[25] For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be
cut off from his people.
[26] Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of
beast, in any of your dwellings.
[27] Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul
shall be cut off from his people.
The Priests' Share
28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying: He who offers the sacrifice
of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his sacrifice to the Lord
from his peace offerings.
30 (Nu 6:20; Lev 3:3-4) His own hands shall bring the food offerings
of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast that the breast
may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
31 (Lev 3:5; 3:11) The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,
but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
32 (Lev 7:34; 9:21) The right thigh you shall give to the priest
for a contribution offering for the sacrifice of your peace offerings.
33 The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood
of the peace offerings and the fat shall have
the right thigh for his portion.
34 (Nu 18:18-19; Lev 10:14-15) For the breast that is waved
and the thigh that is contributed I have taken from the children of Israel,
from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to
Aaron the priest and to his sons as a perpetual portion
from the children of Israel.
35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons,
from the food offerings of the Lord made by fire,
in the day when Moses presented them to minister as priests before the Lord,
36 (Lev 8:12; 8:30) which the Lord commanded that they be given this,
in the day that he anointed them, from the children of Israel
as a perpetual portion throughout their generations.
37 (Ex 29:1) This is the law of the burnt offering,
of the grain offering, and of the sin offering,
and of the guilt offering,
and of the ordinations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings,
38 (Lev 1:1-2) which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai,
in the day that He commanded the children of Israel to offer
their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.
[28] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[29] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto
the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
[30] His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the
fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a
wave offering before the LORD.
[31] And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall
be Aaron's and his sons'.
[32] And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave
offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
[33] He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
[34] For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children
of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given
them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from
among the children of Israel.
[35] This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of
his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he
presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
[36] Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in
the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their
generations.
[37] This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the
sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of
the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
[38] Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in
the wilderness of Sinai.
2) Our Daily Bread for 14 February 2026 titled
God's Eternally Beloved
Jeremiah 31:1-4,7-9
1 (Jer 30:22; Ge 17:7-8) At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God
of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.
2 (Nu 10:33; Dt 1:33) Thus says the Lord:
The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness,
when I went to give Israel rest.
3 (Hos 11:4; Mal 1:2) The Lord has appeared to him from afar, saying:
Indeed, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
4 (Jer 31:13; 33:7) Again I will build you
and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines
and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
7 (Ps 14:7; 28:9) For thus says the Lord:
Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout among the chief of the nations;
publish, praise, and say,
"O Lord, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel."
8 (Isa 42:16; Jer 23:8) See, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
and with them the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who is in labor with child, together;
a great company will return here.
9 (Jer 3:4; Ex 4:22; Isa 63:13) They will come with weeping,
and with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters,
in a straight way in which they shall not stumble.
For I am a Father to Israel,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.
[1] At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families
of Israel, and they shall be my people.
[2] Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace
in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
[3] The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
[4] Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:
thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the
dances of them that make merry.
[7] For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among
the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy
people, the remnant of Israel.
[8] Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from
the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman
with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company
shall return thither.
[9] They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I
will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein
they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
firstborn.
One of the most dramatic and mysterious love letters of all time was penned by
composer Ludwig van Beethoven and was only discovered after his death in 1827.
The hastily handwritten letter is full of passionate lines like, "My eternally
beloved . . . I can only live either wholly with you or not at all."
Tragically, it appears the letter was never sent, and his intended recipient
remains unknown.
Beethoven's letter is treasured by readers who can identify with his desperate
yearning for love. We seek love and fulfillment in many people, things, and
experiences that cannot fully satisfy. But far greater than a fleeting romance
is the love of God for His covenant people, to whom He showed great love for
the sake of all people. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God declared, "I have
loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness"
(Jeremiah 31:3). Because of His great love, God promised a future of rest
and favour (v. 2) and the restoration of anything that was broken (v. 4).
Despite their repeated rejection and rebellion,
God vowed to bring them back to Himself (v. 9).
Many years later, that same everlasting love motivated Jesus to endure death
for sinners, even before we ever returned His love (Romans 5:8). We don't have
to search for love or try to earn it. We're already loved with an everlasting l
ove!
Reflect & Pray
In what ways do you look for love on earth?
How has God demonstrated His eternal love to you?
Loving God, I’m so grateful for the way
You pursue me with an everlasting love.
How can we love each other the way God calls us to? Find out more by watching
A Different Kind of Love.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 7 Our God reigns!
Is 52:7
7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who proclaims peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
A messenger has a single duty: to carry information. During World War II, many
parents dreaded the arrival of the Western Union messenger, believing that
delivery of a telegram meant that their son has been wounded or killed.
Isaiah 52:7, however, indicates that a messenger's word is not always
unwelcome. "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring
good news ..." the prophet says. The "Good news"? Peace , salvation,
and the resultant message: "Your God reigns!"
Our God reigns - in forgiveness, in reconciliation, bringing peace and freedom
and joy. Our God reigns, controlling our lives with a loving hand, ordering
our experiences for our good, and his glory. Our God reigns in relationships,
in professional circumstances, in families, in churches. The good news is
proclaimed: Life is not unmanageable. Our God Reigns!
When we know that God reigns in our lives, we can relax, let go of the reins
of control, and live in peace. We can forgive those who have hurt us, knowing
that God will reveal to them what they need to know. We can live
with good times and bad, recognising that God uses every circumstance
of our lives to conform us to the image of his Son. We can rejoice in his
grace, free from the compulsion to earn his love and acceptance, and
we can live in the peace that comes only through his lordship in our lives.
Our God reigns - that is , indeed "Good news".
Application
a) Have I ever felt that life was "out of control"? Why?
b) What does it mean in practical terms to know that "Our God reigns"?
Day 45, 14 Feb 2026
1) Leviticus 5, Leviticus 6, Leviticus 7
LEVITICUS 5
The Guilt Offering
1 (Lev 5:17; Pr 29:24; Lev 7:18 )When a person sins in hearing the spoken
oath, and he is a witness, whether he saw or knew about the incident,
if he does not report it, he bears guilt.
2 (Lev 5:17; Dt 14:8) Or when a person touches any ceremonially unclean
thing, whether it is a carcass of unclean wildlife, or a carcass of
an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean crawling thing,
and he did not realize it, then he has become unclean and guilty.
3 (Lev 12:1-8; 15:1-33) Or when he touches human uncleanness,
any uncleanness by which he may become ceremonially unclean,
and he did not realize it, when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.
4 (Jdg 11:31; 1Sa 25:22) Or when a person swears by speaking rashly
with his lips to do evil or to do good, anything that a man may speak
rashly by oath, and he did not realize it, but when he realizes it,
then he has become guilty of any of these things.
5 (Nu 5:7; Lev 16:21; 26:40) When he becomes guilty of one of these things,
he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing.
6 (Lev 4:28; 4:32) And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord
for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or goat,
for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement
for him concerning his sin.
7 (Lev 12:8; 14:21-22) If he cannot afford an animal, then he shall
bring for his guilt offering, on account of the sin that he committed,
two turtledoves or two pigeons to the Lord, one for a sin offering
and one for a burnt offering.
8 (Lev 1:15; 1:17) He shall bring them to the priest who shall offer
the one for the sin offering first. He will wring off its head at
its neck, but he shall not sever it.
9 (Lev 4:7; 4:18) Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin
offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be
poured out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
10 (Lev 1:14-17; 4:26; 4:20) But the second he shall treat as a burnt
offering according to the regulation. The priest shall make atonement
for him for his sin that he committed, and he shall be forgiven.
11 (Nu 5:15; Lev 2:1-2) But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves
or two pigeons, he shall bring for his offering for the sin that
he committed one-tenth of an ephah
(Likely about 3 1/2 pounds, or 1.6 kilograms.)
of wheat flour for a sin offering. He shall not place olive oil on it,
nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
12 (Lev 2:9; 2:2) Then he shall bring it to the priest,
and the priest shall scoop out a handful from it as a memorial portion
and burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord made by fire.
It is a sin offering.
13 (Lev 2:3; 4:26) The priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his sin that he committed from any of these offenses, and he shall be
forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.
[1] And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness,
whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall
bear his iniquity.
[2] Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an
unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean
creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and
guilty.
[3] Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that
a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of
it, then he shall be guilty.
[4] Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good,
whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from
him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
[5] And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he
shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
[6] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which
he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a
sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his
sin.
[7] And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his
trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
[8] And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is
for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall
not divide it asunder:
[9] And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of
the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the
altar: it is a sin offering.
[10] And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the
manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he
hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
[11] But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall
he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
[12] Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according
to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
[13] And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that
he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the
remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
Offerings With Restitution
14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
15 (Ex 30:13; Lev 4:2) When a person acts unfaithfully and sins
unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord,
then for his restitution offering to the Lord he shall bring a ram
without blemish from the flock - or its equivalent, in your estimation,
in silver shekels (using the sanctuary shekel
(About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams.))
-for a guilt offering.
16 (Lev 22:14; Nu 5:7) And he shall repay the sin that he committed
with regard to the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it and give
it to the priest. The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram
of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
17 (Lev 4:13; 4:27) If a person sins unintentionally
and does any one of the things that by commandments
of the Lord should not be done and he is found guilty,
he shall bear his iniquity.
18 (Lev 5:15-16) He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish
from the flock - or its equivalent value
(This is a shorthand version of the full formula found in Lev 5:15.)
-for a guilt offering. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning
his error that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.
19 It is a guilt offering: He has indeed incurred guilt before the Lord.
[14] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[15] If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram
without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
[16] And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy
thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest:
and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
[17] And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden
to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
[18] And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy
estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall
make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist
it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
[19] It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the
LORD.
LEVITICUS 6
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Ex 22:7 - 10; Lev 19:11) When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against
the Lord by lying to another concerning something left in storage,
or entrusted to him, or theft, or by extorting his neighbor,
3 (Ex 23:4; Lev 19:12) or by finding a lost item and lying about it,
and he swears falsely concerning one of all the things that a man
may do to sin in these things,
4 when he sins and he is found guilty, he shall return whatever he stole,
or whatever he extorted, or whatever was left in storage with him,
or the lost item which he found,
5 (Lev 5:16; Nu 5:7-8) or about which he swore falsely, then he shall
repay it in full and shall add one-fifth to it. He shall give it to
whom it belongs on the day that he is found guilty.
6 (Lev 5:15; 5:18) And he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord,
a ram without blemish from the flock -
(or its equivalent value (Shorthand version of the
full formula found in Lev 5:15.))
- for a guilt offering to the priest.
7 (Lev 4:26) And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and
he shall be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his
neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a
thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
[3] Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth
falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
[4] Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall
restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath
deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost
thing which he found,
[5] Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it
in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it
unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
[6] And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without
blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto
the priest:
[7] And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it
shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing
therein.
The Law of the Burnt Offering
8 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
9 (Nu 28:3; Ex 29:38-42) Command Aaron and his sons, saying:
This is the law for the burnt offering.
The burnt offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night
until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
10 (Ex 28:39-43; Lev 16:4) The priest shall put on his linen robe,
and his linen undergarments on his body.
Then he shall remove the ashes from the fire
of the burnt offering on the altar,
and he shall put them beside the altar.
11 (Lev 4:12; Eze 44:19) Then he shall take off his garments
and put on other garments, and he shall bring the ashes outside
the camp to a clean place.
12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out.
The priest shall feed it with wood every morning. He will arrange
the burnt offering on it, and he shall burn the fat of
the peace offerings on it.
13 A perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar.
It shall never go out.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[9] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt
offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar
all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in
it.
[10] And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches
shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath
consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside
the altar.
[11] And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry
forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
[12] And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put
out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt
offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace
offerings.
[13] The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.