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.





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b) Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.



Eight) Day 20 - God’s renewal is both personal and cosmic.



Scripture: Revelation 21:5



5 (Rev 4:9; 20:11) He who was seated on the throne said,

"Look! I am making all things new." Then He said to me,

"Write, for these words are faithful and true."





[5] And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And

he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.



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One of the principles of the Kingdom of God is often described

as the "already, not yet." It is a tension that every Christian lives in. We

are in this world, but we are not of it. We are alive, yet we have crucified

our lives with Christ. We are healed, yet we still need healing.



As 1 Corinthians 13:12 says, "For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;

then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,

even as I am fully known."



As we near the end of our days of prayer and fasting, we may feel a tension

that we have not seen the answers to prayer we hoped for. Maybe we asked for

something dramatic, like a miracle. Or maybe, as we sought God, we expected to

feel something more, to overcome more, or to see clearer change.



In moments like these, I'm reminded of how Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew,

"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Even

Jesus was not satisfied with the brokenness of the world as it was. He longed

to see greater transformation, not only in the lives of His disciples, but in

the world itself.



In Revelation, we are given a picture of what is still to come, where Jesus

declares that He will make all things new. The things that remain unchanged,

unshaken, and untransformed will one day be made new by Him.



We don't always know which areas God will renew while we are still here on

earth. But we can trust that whether He does it now or later, the victory

is already His. Hebrews 12:12 reminds us,

"Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees."



Our confidence grows when we understand that God is actively working on

our behalf. He is doing a new thing. And He does not ask us to simply wait

until eternity to believe this. He invites us to trust that He is already at

work, doing something new in our lives, our families, our friends,

our church, our city, and in the world.



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Personal Reflection Questions:



- Which area are you going to continue asking God to make new?



- When things get hard, how will you remind yourself

that God is doing a new thing?



Prayer Point:



- Pray for renewal to our church and community,

believing that God wants to transform lives now



- Pray for those who don't yet know Jesus,

that He would bring transformation through the gospel



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Author: Pastor Sebastien Merta, Senior Associate Pastor of Large Group



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to love him with all your heart and all your mind.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, it's mind-boggling when we try to figure out the

concept of time, but please help me embrace that my times are in Your hands."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that Jesus Frees you

from the condemnation of sin.



Pray to the Lord and pray to lay a foundation of righteousness.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Him as healer.



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Pray for wisdom, strength, and spiritual growth for Hussein and

other followers of Jesus.

Ask God to grow and multiply house churches among the Shatt people.

* Pray that churches will be established amongst all the peoples who

are refugees in South Sudan.



Pray for God's kingdom to come

in your home, neighbourhood, city or community,

and in our nation



Pray for those who serve with

denominations and Christian organisations

in Canada - that God will bless their ministry

and anoint them for effective service.



- Pray for renewal to our church and community,

believing that God wants to transform lives now



- Pray for those who don't yet know Jesus,

that He would bring transformation through the gospel



BRUNEI



Praise God for Bruneians who have come to faith

in Christ despite harsh religious restrictions.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness



Remember eternity starts now -

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

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 7 - Oh, Freedom!



Rom 8:1-2



Life in the Spirit



1 (1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17) There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus,

who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 (1Co 15:45; Ro 6:18; Jn 8:32) For the law of the Spirit of life

in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.



The Spirit of God Within You

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,

who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free

from the law of sin and death.



In the classic movie, I want to live! actress Susan Hayward

plays a woman convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.

The suspense builds; the execution is delayed as the officials

wait for a word of pardon. Finally, the woman in executed;

the call comes, and the pardon has been granted, but it is too late.

When no pardon is granted, condemnation leads to death. Our sin

marks us as "guilty" before God, and we deserve the wages of sin,

which is death. But in Jesus Christ, the pardon does come - and

it comes in time. Our sin deserves condemnation by God, and yet

he forgives us because Christ paid the penalty for us,

But we face other kinds of condemnation as well - self-condemnation,

that internal accusation that we still, somehow, must pay the price

of our own sin. Others often condemn us as well, offering much less

forgiveness and mercy than God does. And the Enemy of our souls condemns

us, trying to convince us that we don't, after all, have real freedom

from sin.

Yet Paul tells us in Romans 8, "There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus". God has forgiven us freely; he has

granted his pardon. And in light of his forgiveness, how can we live

under the condemnation of others - or even of ourselves?

We are free, Paul says - free from the "law of sin and death,"

free to live in the liberty of the Spirit. The stay of execution

has come: the pardon has been granted. Never again can we tried

for the same crimes: never again must we live under the burden

of condemnation.



Application



a) Have I ever lived under the burden of condemnation from myself

or others? Why?



b) How can Romans 8:1-2 help me live in freedom of such condemnation?





4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 37:25-26



25 I have been young, and now am old;

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

nor their offspring begging bread.

26 The righteous are gracious and lend,

and their offspring are a source of blessing.



25 I have been young, and now am old;

Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,

nor his seed begging bread.

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;

And his seed is blessed.



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



When you are ill or injured



Matthew 8:14-17



The Healing of Many People



Mk 1:29-34; Lk 4:38-41



14 When Jesus entered Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother,

lying sick with a fever.

15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she rose and served them.

16 When the evening came, they brought to Him many

who were possessed with demons.

And He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all who were sick,

17 to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,

"He Himself took our infirmities

and bore our sicknesses."



[14] And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother

laid, and sick of a fever.

[15] And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and

ministered unto them.

[16] When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed

with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that

were sick:

[17] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,

saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

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

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

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

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

as we forgive our debtors.

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

but deliver us from evil.

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



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

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

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

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

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

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



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



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



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

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

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

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

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

Christian school.

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

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

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

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



Agree in prayer with us for:

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

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

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

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

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

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further





Pray for the Nuba in South Sudan



Hussein belongs to the Nuba K'walip people and lives as a refugee in

South Sudan with his mother and seven younger siblings. His father

died in the war. Life in mud huts without electricity or running water

is difficult, and disease is widespread.



Until about three years ago, Hussein was an average Muslim who

performed daily prayers with his neighbors. But then he heard about

Jesus through a Ugandan believer. It took a lot of patience and many

conversations to address Hussein's questions and misconceptions. Other

believers mobilized prayer for him. Eventually, he came to understand

who Jesus truly is and was baptized. Another Jesus follower walked

with him for a year in discipleship. Now, Hussein leads a small house

church among the Shatt, another Nubian people group who are largely

unreached.



One of the team writes: "This evening, I am on my way to the Shatt

house church with Hussein. The small group meets in the shade of a

house next to our school. Hussein reads the passage from Matthew where

Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

He then gives a short sermon. His friend, who is learning from him,

then leads the group in prayer. There are many prayers of thanks, and

Hussein and I go home feeling greatly encouraged."



On the way back home, Hussein has questions about the Bible passage he

read. He doesn't yet understand all of it himself, but he is hungry

for God's Word and has a heart for Jesus and the people here. His love

and faith in Jesus are evident to his friends, his family and his

neighbors.



How to Pray



Pray for wisdom, strength, and spiritual growth for Hussein and

other followers of Jesus.

Ask God to grow and multiply house churches among the Shatt

people.

* Pray that churches will be established amongst all the peoples who

are refugees in South Sudan.



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, ...) .

DEUTERONOMY 12

The One Place of Worship

1 (1Ki 8:40) These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful

to observe in the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given

you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.

2 (2Ki 16:4; Dt 7:5) You must utterly destroy all the places where

the nations which you will possess served their gods, on the high mountains,

and on the hills, and under every green tree.

3 (Nu 33:52; Jdg 2:2) And you shall overthrow their altars, and break

their pillars, and burn their Asherah poles

Wooden symbols of a female deity.

with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods,

and eliminate their names out of that place.

4 (Lev 20:23; Dt 16:21-22) You shall not act this way toward

the Lord your God.

5 (2Ch 7:12; Dt 12:11) But you must seek only the place which the Lord

your God shall choose out of all your tribes to establish His name,

and there you must go.

6 (Dt 15:19-20) There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices,

your tithes, the offerings of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings,

and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks.

7 (Dt 12:18; 14:26; Lev 23:40) There you must eat before the Lord your God,

and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your

households, where the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 (Jdg 17:6; 21:25) You are not to do all the things that we are doing here

today, where every man does whatever is right in his own eyes.

9 (Dt 25:19; 1Ki 8:56) For you have not yet come to the rest

and to the inheritance which the Lord your God has given you.

10 (Dt 11:31) But when you cross the Jordan, and dwell in the land

which the Lord your God has given you to inherit, and when He gives

you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety,

11 (Dt 12:5; 15:20) then there will be a place which the Lord your God

will choose to cause His name to dwell. There you must bring all that

I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes,

the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow

to the Lord.

12 (Dt 12:7; 10:9) You will rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your sons,

your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite

who is within your gates, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place

that you see.

14 (Dt 12:5; 12:11) Rather, in the place which the Lord will choose in one

of your tribes, there you must offer your burnt offerings, and there you

must do all that I command you.

15 (Dt 14:5) Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates,

whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the Lord your God

which He has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it,

of the gazelle and of the deer,

16 (Ge 9:4; Dt 15:23) only you must not eat the blood.

You shall pour it on the ground like water.

17 (Dt 12:6; 26:14) You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain,

your wine, your oil, the firstborn of your herds or of your flock,

any of your vows which you vow, your freewill offerings, or the offering

of your hand.

18 (Dt 12:7; 14:23; 12:5) Rather you must eat them before the Lord your God

in the place which the Lord your God will choose-you, your son,

your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite

that is within your gates-and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God

in all that you undertake to do.

19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you

live on the earth.

20 (Dt 19:8; 11:24; Ge 28:14) When the Lord your God shall enlarge your

border as He has promised you, and you say, "I will eat meat," because

you desire to eat meat, then you may eat as much meat as your heart desires.

21 (Dt 12:5) If the place which the Lord your God has chosen to put His name

is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock,

which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you,

and you must eat in your gates whatever your heart desires.

22 Even as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you shall eat them.

The unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

23 (Ge 9:4; Lev 17:11) Only be sure that you do not eat the blood.

For the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the meat.

24 You must not eat it. You must pour it on the ground like water.

25 (Ex 15:26; Dt 4:40) You must not eat it, so that it may go well

with you and with your children after you, when you do that

which is right in the sight of the Lord.

26 (Nu 5:9-10; 18:19) You shall take only your holy things which

you have, along with your vows, and go to the place

which the Lord shall choose.

27 (Lev 1:9; 1:13) You must offer your burnt offerings, the meat

and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God,

and the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar

of the Lord your God, and you shall eat the meat.

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you,

so that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever,

when you do that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

29 (Jos 23:4; Dt 19:1) When the Lord your God shall cut off the nations from

before you, where you go to possess them, and you dispossess them,

and dwell in their land,

30 (Dt 7:16) take heed to yourself so that you are not ensnared by following

them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you not inquire

after their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods?

Even so I will do likewise."

31 (Jer 32:35; Lev 18:3) You shall not do so to the Lord your God,

for every abomination to the Lord, which He hates, they have done

to their gods. They have even burned their sons and their daughters

in the fire to their gods.

32 (Dt 4:2; Jos 1:7) Whatever I command you, be careful to do it.

You shall not add to it or take away from it.



Deuteronomy 12

[1] These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in

the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all

the days that ye live upon the earth.

[2] Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye

shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the

hills, and under every green tree:

[3] And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn

their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their

gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

[4] Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

[5] But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your

tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and

thither thou shalt come:

[6] And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,

and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your

freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

[7] And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in

all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy

God hath blessed thee.

[8] Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man

whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

[9] For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the

LORD your God giveth you.

[10] But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your

God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies

round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

[11] Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to

cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command

you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave

offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

[12] And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and

your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite

that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with

you.

[13] Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every

place that thou seest:

[14] But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes,

there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that

I command thee.

[15] Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,

whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy

God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as

of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

[16] Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as

water.

[17] Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy

wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any

of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering

of thine hand:

[18] But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the

LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy

manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates:

and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest

thine hands unto.

[19] Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou

livest upon the earth.

[20] When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised

thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat

flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

[21] If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there

be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock,

which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat

in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

[22] Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the

unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

[23] Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life;

and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

[24] Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

[25] Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy

children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of

the LORD.

[26] Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take,

and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

[27] And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon

the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be

poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

[28] Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go

well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest

that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

[29] When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee,

whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest

in their land;

[30] Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after

that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after

their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I

do likewise.

[31] Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to

the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their

sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

[32] What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add

thereto, nor diminish from it.

DEUTERONOMY 13



Idolatry



1 (Jer 27:9; 29:8) If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among

you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 (Dt 18:22; Jer 28:9) and the sign or the wonder comes to pass

concerning that which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods,"

which you have not known, "and let us serve them,"

3 (Dt 8:2; 6:5) you must not listen to the words of that prophet

or that dreamer

of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love

the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 (Dt 10:20; 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 34:31) You must follow after the Lord your God,

fear Him, and keep His commandments, obey His voice, and you must

serve Him, and cling to Him.

5 (1Co 5:13; Dt 17:7) That prophet or that dreamer of dreams must be put

to death because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord

your God, who brought you out ofthe land of Egypt and redeemed you

out of the house of bondage, to entice you away from the way in which

the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you must put the evil

away from your midst.

6 (Dt 28:54; 1Sa 18:1) If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son,

or your daughter, or your beloved wife, or your friend, who is as your

own soul, entices you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods,"

which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

7 namely, of the gods of the people who are all around you, near you

or far away from you, from one end of the earth to the other end

of the earth,

8 (Pr 1:10; Dt 7:16) you shall not consent to him or listen to him,

neither should your eye pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him,

9 but you must surely kill him. Your hand must be first upon him

to put him to death, and afterwards, the hand of all the people.

10 (Jos 7:25) You shall stone him with stones so that he dies

because he has sought to entice you away from the Lord your God

who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

11 (Dt 19:20; 17:13) All Israel shall hear and fear and no more do any

such wickedness as this among you.

12 If you hear it said in one of your cities, in which the Lord your God

has given you to dwell, saying,

13 (Dt 13:2; 13:6) "Certain men, the sons of wickedness, are gone out

from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,

'Let us go and serve other gods,'" which you have not known,

14 (Dt 17:4) then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently.

If it be true and certain that such an abomination has been among you,

15 (Ex 22:20; Lev 27:28) you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city

to the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock-with

the edge of the sword.

16 (Jos 8:28; Jer 49:2) You must gather all the spoils of it into the middle

of the street and burn the city with fire along with all the spoils within

it for the Lord your God, and it will be a heap forever.

It must not be rebuilt.

17 (Ge 26:4; 26:24) Nothing of the cursed thing there must cling

to your hand, so that the Lord may turn from the fierceness

of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you,

and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,

18 (Dt 12:25; 12:28) if you listen to the voice of the Lord your God,

to keep all His commandments which I command you today, and

do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.



Deuteronomy 13

[1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,

and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

[2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,

saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known,

and let us serve them;

[3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer

of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love

the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

[4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his

commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

[5] And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;

because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which

brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you

out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD

thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from

the midst of thee.

[6] If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,

or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul,

entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,

which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

[7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you,

nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth

even unto the other end of the earth;

[8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall

thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal

him:

[9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to

put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

[10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath

sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of

the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

[11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such

wickedness as this is among you.

[12] If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God

hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

[13] Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and

have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve

other gods, which ye have not known;

[14] Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,

behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is

wrought among you;

[15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of

the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle

thereof, with the edge of the sword.

[16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street

thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every

whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not

be built again.

[17] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that

the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and

have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy

fathers;

[18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all

his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in

the eyes of the LORD thy God.



2) Our Daily Bread for 14 March 2026 titled

God's Timing by Kenneth Petersen



2 Peter 3:8-13



8 (Ps 90:4) But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that with

the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9 (1Ti 2:4; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:37) The Lord is not slow concerning His promise,

as some count slowness. But He is patient with us,

because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

10 (Mt 24:35; Rev 21:1; 2Pe 3:7) But the day of the Lord will come like

a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with

a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat.

The earth also and the works that are in it will be burned up.

11 (1Pe 1:15) Seeing then that all these things are to be destroyed,

what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

12 (2Pe 3:10; Ps 50:3; Isa 34:4) while you are waiting for and desiring

the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens will be destroyed

by fire and the elements will be consumed by intense heat?

13 (Isa 65:17; 66:22; Rev 21:1) But, according to His promise, we are waiting

for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.



[8] But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with

the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

[9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count

slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should

perish, but that all should come to repentance.

[10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which

the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt

with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be

burned up.

[11] Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of

persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

[12] Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the

heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with

fervent heat?

[13] Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a

new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.



Until 1967, units of time were scientifically measured by astronomical

patterns: the spin of the earth and its revolution around the sun. But over

the centuries, a problem emerged. The earth is actually slowing down in its

orbit. Scientists discovered that the unit of the second is longer than it

used to be. Gradual though this is, since the days of Christ, the world

has "lost" a full three hours of measured time.



Of course, God created the ways we measure time: the astronomy of orbits and

revolutions. Scientists' calculations may be squishier than we'd thought,

but we can stand firmly in Peter's words: "With the Lord a day is like a

thousand years" (2 Peter 3:8). He is arguing against doubters who complained

that Jesus hadn't returned yet: "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,

as some understand slowness" (v. 9). God works in His own time for His own

purposes.



There's more! God's "timing" is born out of His love: "He is patient

with you, not wanting anyone to perish" (v. 9). Jesus will return,

and God wants everyone to have the opportunity to come to Him. This is an

expression of His love. Meanwhile, we're to "make every effort to be found

spotless" (v. 14).



Time, God, and love are linked together: In these last

days God's love is never squishy. It's the one sure thing.



Reflect & Pray



How does thinking of God and time affect your own life?

How might you live differently in light of this?



Dear God, it's mind-boggling when we try to figure out the

concept of time, but please help me embrace that my times are in Your hands.

Day 73, 14 March 2026



1) Deuteronomy 11, Deuteronomy 12, Deuteronomy 13



DEUTERONOMY 11



Love and Obey



1 (Dt 6:5; 10:12) You must love the Lord your God and keep His charge,

His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments always.

2 (Dt 5:24) Know this day that I am not speaking with your children

who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord

your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,

3 (Dt 7:19) and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of

Egypt to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to all his land,

4 (Ex 15:9-10; Ps 106:11) and what He did to the army of Egypt,

to their horses, and to their chariots, when He made the water

of the Red Sea to flow over them as they pursued after you,

and how the Lord utterly destroyed them,

5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place,

6 (Ps 106:17; Nu 27:3) and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of

Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed

them up, their households, their tents, and everything that was in their

possession, in the midst of all Israel.

7 But your eyes have seen all the great deeds of the Lord which He did.

8 (Jos 1:6-7; Dt 31:23) Therefore you must keep all the commandments

which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go

in and possess the land which you are going to possess;

9 (Ex 3:8; Dt 4:40) and that you may prolong your days in the land

which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them

and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 For the land which you are entering to possess

is not like the land of Egypt from where you came,

where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot

like a vegetable garden,

11 but the land, which you are entering to possess, is a land of hills

and valleys and drinks water from the rain of heaven,

12 (1Ki 9:3; Jer 24:6) a land for which the Lord your God cares.

The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning

of the year even to the end of the year.

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

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

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

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

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

in your grain and your wine and your oil.

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

livestock, that you may eat and be full.

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

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

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

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

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

from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

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

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

so that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

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

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

when you lie down, and when you rise up.

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

and on your gates,

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

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

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

22 (Dt 6:17; 10:20) For if you diligently keep all these commandments

which I am commanding you to do-to love the Lord your God, to walk in

all His ways, and to hold fast to Him-

23 (Dt 4:38; 9:1) then the Lord will drive out all these nations from

before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

24 (Ex 23:31; Jos 14:9) Every place where the soles of your feet tread

will be yours. Your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon,

from the river, the River Euphrates, as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

25 (Ex 23:27; Dt 7:24) No man will be able to resist you, for the Lord

your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land

where you shall tread, just as He has spoken to you.

26 (Dt 30:1) See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

27 (Dt 28:1-14) the blessing if you obey the commandments of the

Lord your God, which I am commanding you today,

28 (Dt 28:15-68) and the curse, if you will not obey the commandments

of the Lord your God, but turn from the way which I am commanding

you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.

29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land

which you are entering to possess, that you shall put the blessing

on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 (Ge 12:6; Jdg 7:1) Are they not on the other side of the Jordan,

west where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites,

who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

31 (Dt 9:1; Jos 1:11) For you will cross over the Jordan to go in to possess

the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it,

and dwell in it.

32 (Dt 12:32) You must be careful to do all the statutes and judgments

which I am setting before you today.



Deuteronomy 11

[1] Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his

statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

[2] And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not

known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his

greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

[3] And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto

Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

[4] And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their

chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they

pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

[5] And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this

place;

[6] And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of

Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their

households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their

possession, in the midst of all Israel:

[7] But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.

[8] Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this

day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to

possess it;

[9] And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto

your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with

milk and honey.

[10] For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land

of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and

wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

[11] But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and

valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

[12] A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God

are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the

year.

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

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

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

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

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

and thine oil.

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

eat and be full.

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

aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

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

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

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

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

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

between your eyes.

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

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

down, and when thou risest up.

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

thy gates:

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

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

heaven upon the earth.

[22] For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command

you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to

cleave unto him;

[23] Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye

shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

[24] Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours:

from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even

unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

[25] There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God

shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye

shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

[26] Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

[27] A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I

command you this day:

[28] And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God,

but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after

other gods, which ye have not known.

[29] And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in

unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the

blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

[30] Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth

down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over

against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

[31] For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the

LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

[32] And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set

before you this day.