Day 74 of My 6th Bible Study Journey

Day 74, 15 March 2026

Tooady a <a href="https://www.calvarycommunity.ca">Calvary Community 
Church</a> Pastor Nathan Zieber spoke on Living Counter Culturally  -
servants and masters (employess and employers)

Peter is going to show us 3 things in this passage:

a) How Christians respond to unjust suffering,
b) Why Jesus is our example in suffering
c) And how the cross makes that kind of life possible

1 Peter 2:18-25

The Example of Christ's Suffering

18 (Jas 3:17) Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only
to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
19 (Ro 13:5) For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God
a person endures grief, suffering unjustly.
20 (1Pe 2:19; 3:17) For what credit is it if when you are being beaten
for your sins you patiently endure? But if when doing good and suffering
for it, you patiently endure, this is favorable before God.
21 (Ac 14:22; Mt 16:24) For to this you were called, because Christ suffered
for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 (Isa 53:9; 2Co 5:21) "He committed no sin,
nor was deceit found in His mouth."(Isa 53:9.)
23 (Isa 53:7; Lk 23:46) When He was reviled, He did not revile back; when He
suffered, He did not threaten, but He entrusted Himself to Him who judges
righteously.
24 (Ro 6:2; 6:11) He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.
"By His wounds you were healed."(Isa 53:5).
25 (Isa 53:6; Ps 119:176)
For you were as sheep going astray, but now have been returned
to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

[18] Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the
good and gentle, but also to the froward.
[19] For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully.
[20] For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God.
[21] For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
[22] Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
[23] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
[24] Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.
[25] For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 

1) Deuteronomy 14, Deuteronomy 15, Deuteronomy 16

DEUTERONOMY 14

Clean and Unclean Food

Lev 11:1-23

1 (Ro 9:8; Gal 3:26) You are the sons of the Lord your God. 
You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness
between your eyes for the dead. 
2 (Dt 7:6; Lev 20:26) For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, 
and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, 
treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.
3 (Eze 4:14; Lev 11:43) You must not eat any detestable thing. 
4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 
5 the deer, the gazelle, the fallow deer, the wild goat, and the ibex, 
and the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 
6 You may eat every animal with divided hooves, 
with the hoof divided into two parts, and that chews the cud. 
7 Nevertheless, you may not eat of these that chew the cud, 
or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, the rabbit, and the coney. 
For they chew the cud, but their hoof is not divided, 
therefore they are unclean to you. 
8 (Lev 11:26-27) The pig is unclean to you because it divides the hoof, 
yet it does not chew the cud. You must not eat of their flesh or touch 
their dead carcass.
9 These you shall eat of all that are in the water: 
All that have fins and scales you may eat. 
10 Whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat. 
It is unclean to you.
11 You may eat of all clean birds. 
12 However, these are the ones which you cannot eat: 
the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 
13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after its kind, 
14 every raven after its kind, 
15 and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, 
and the hawk after its kind, 
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the white owl, 
17 the pelican, the carrion vulture, and the cormorant, 
18 the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you. They must not be eaten. 
20 You may eat all the clean birds.
21 (Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 17:15) You must not eat of anything that dies of 
itself, but you may give it to the foreigner that is in your gates, so that 
he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people 
to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

[1] Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
[2] for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
[3] Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
[4] These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
[5] The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and
the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
[6] And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two
claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
[7] Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of
them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney:
for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean
unto you.
[8] And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it
is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead
carcase.
[9] These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and
scales shall ye eat:
[10] And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean
unto you.
[11] Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
[12] But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage,
and the ospray,
[13] And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
[14] And every raven after his kind,
[15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his
kind,
[16] The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
[17] And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
[18] And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
[19] And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
[20] But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
[21] Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it
unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Tithes

22 (Dt 12:17; 12:6) You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed, 
so that the field produces year by year. 
23 (Dt 4:10; 12:5-7) You must eat before the Lord your God, 
in the place in which He shall choose to place His name, 
the tithe of your grain, of your wine, of your oil, 
and of the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks so that 
you may learn to always fear the Lord your God. 
24 (Dt 12:21; 12:5) If the distance is too long for you, so that you are 
not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, where 
the Lord your God shall choose to set His name, when the Lord
your God blesses you, 
25 then you shall exchange it for money and bind up the money 
in your hand and go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose. 
26 (Dt 12:7; Ecc 9:7) Then you may spend that money for whatever 
your heart desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, 
or for whatever your heart desires, and you may eat there before the Lord 
your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household, 
27 (Nu 18:20; Dt 14:29) and the Levite that is within your gates. 
You must not forsake him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 (Dt 14:22; Am 4:4) At the end of three years you must bring forth 
all the tithe of your produce the same year and lay it up within your gates. 
29 (Dt 15:10; 14:27) Then the Levite (because he has no portion 
or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, 
who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, 
so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand
which you do.

[22] Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
[23] And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall
choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of
thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou
mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
[24] And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry
it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[25] Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
[26] And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever
thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and
thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
[27] And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
[28] At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
[29] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy
gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. 

DEUTERONOMY 15

The Sabbatical Year

Lev 25:8-38

1 (Dt 31:10; Ex 23:10-11) At the end of every seven years you shall 
grant a relinquishing of debts. 
2 This is the manner of the relinquishing: Every creditor that has 
loaned anything to his neighbor shall relinquish it. He shall not 
exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother, because it is called 
the Lord's relinquishment.
3 (Dt 23:20) You may collect it from a foreigner, but that which 
your brother has that is yours your hand shall release. 
4 However, there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will 
greatly bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given 
you for an inheritance to possess, 
5 if only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, 
by carefully observing all these commandments which I command you today. 
6 (Dt 28:12-13; 28:44) For the Lord your God will bless you, just as 
He promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you shall 
not borrow. You will reign over many nations, but they will not reign 
over you.
7 (Dt 15:9) If there be among you a poor man, one of your brothers within
any of your gates in your land which the Lord your God has given you,
you must not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. 
8 (Mt 5:42; Lk 6:34) But you shall open your hand wide to him and must surely 
lend him what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks. 
9 (Dt 24:15; Mt 20:15; Ex 22:23) Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your
heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and 
your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, 
and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin in you. 
10 (Dt 14:29; 24:19) You must surely give to him, and your heart shall 
not be grieved when you give to him, because in this thing the Lord
your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you put
your hand to do. 
11 (Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7) For the poor will never cease from being 
in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, "You shall open your hand
wide to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land."

[1] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
[2] And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought
unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour,
or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
[3] Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with
thy brother thine hand shall release;
[4] Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance
to possess it:
[5] Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
[6] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over
many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
[7] If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of
thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
[8] But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
[9] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD
against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
[10] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when
thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
[11] For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.

Freeing Servants

Ex 21:2-6; Lev 25:38=55

12 (Jer 34:14; Lev 25:39-41) If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman,
is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must let 
him go free from you. 
13 When you send him out free from you, you must 
not let him go away empty-handed. 
14 You shall supply him liberally out of your flock, out of your floor, 
and out of your winepress. From that with which the Lord your God 
has blessed you, you shall give to him. 
15 (Dt 16:12) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land
of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. Therefore, 
I command this to you today.
16 (Ex 21:5-6) It shall be, if he says to you, "I will not go away from you,"
because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you, 
17 then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, 
and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise 
to your female servant.
18 It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you, 
for he has been worth a double hired servant Or double the amount. 
in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you 
in all that you do.

[12] And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman , be sold unto
thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free from thee.
[13] And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away empty:
[14] Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
[15] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to
day.
[16] And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
[17] Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do likewise.
[18] It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from
thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee
six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

The Firstborn Animals

19 (Ex 13:2; 13:12) You must sanctify all the firstborn males that come
 out of your herd and flock to the Lord your God. You must do no work 
with the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your sheep. 
20 (Dt 12:5-7; 12:17) You shall eat it before the Lord your God year
by year in the place where the Lord shall choose, you and your household.
21 (Dt 17:1) If there is any defect in it, if it is lame or blind 
or has a serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 
22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean person
alike shall eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a deer.
23 (Dt 12:16; Lev 7:26) Only you must not eat its blood.
You shall pour it on the ground like water.

[19] All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the
firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
[20] Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
[21] And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
[22] Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
[23] Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the
ground as water. 

DEUTERONOMY 16

The Passover

Ex 12:14-20; Lev 23:4-8; Nu 28:16-25
1 (Ex 34:18; 13:4) Observe the month of Aviv
{March-April in the modern calendar.} and keep the Passover to the Lord 
your God, for in the month of Aviv the Lord your God brought you
out of Egypt by night. 
2 (Dt 12:5; 12:26) Therefore, you must sacrifice the Passover 
to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, in the place 
where the Lord shall choose to place His name. 
3 (Ex 12:39; 34:18; 12:8) You must not eat leavened bread with it. 
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, 
the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in a hurry, 
so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you 
came out of the land of Egypt.
 4 (Ex 12:10; 34:25) There must not be any leavened bread seen with 
you within all your borders for seven days, nor may any of the
meat which you sacrificed in the evening on the first day remain 
overnight until morning.
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
that the Lord your God has given you. 
6 But at the place where the Lord your God chooses to place 
His name, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, 
at the time that you came out of Egypt. 
7 (2Ch 35:13) You shall roast and eat it in the place where the Lord your God 
will choose, and you must return in the morning, and go to your tents. 
8 (Lev 23:36) For six days you must eat unleavened bread, 
and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. 
You must do no work on that day.

[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God:
for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by
night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of
the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there.
[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day
when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
[4] And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
[5] Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee:
[6] But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of
the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
[7] And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
[8] Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall
be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

The Feast of Weeks

Lev 23:15-22; Nu 28:26-31

9 (Ex 23:16; 34:22) You must count seven weeks for yourself.
Begin counting the seven weeks from the time you begin 
to put the sickle to the standing grain. 
10 (1Co 16:2) You must keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord 
your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, 
which you must give to the Lord your God, in proportion to 
how much the Lord your God has blessed you. 
11 (Dt 12:7; 12:12) You shall rejoice before the Lord your God-you, 
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, 
the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you-in the place where the Lord 
your God has chosen to place His name. 
12 (Dt 15:15) You must remember that you were a slave in Egypt, 
and you must be careful to observe these statutes.

[9] Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks
from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
[10] And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
[11] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and
thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that
is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow,
that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place
his name there.
[12] And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.

The Feast of Tabernacles

Lev 23:33-43; Nu 29:12-39

13 (Ex 23:16; Lev 23:34-36) You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles 
seven days after you have gathered in your threshing floor 
and your winepress, 
14 (Dt 16:11; Ne 8:9-12) and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, 
your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, 
the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who 
are within your gates. 
15 You are to celebrate the festival for seven days to the Lord your God
in the place where the Lord will choose, because the Lord your God will 
bless you in all your produce, and in all the works of your hands. 
Therefore, you will indeed rejoice.
16 (Ex 23:14-17; 34:20) Three times a year all your males must appear 
before the Lord your God in the place where He will choose: 
at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, 
and at the Feast of Tabernacles, and they must not appear
before the Lord empty. 
17 (Dt 16:10; 2Co 8:12) Every man must give as he is able, 
in proportion to the blessing of the Lord your God, which 
He has given you.

[13] Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
[14] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
[15] Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the
place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou
shalt surely rejoice.
[16] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall
not appear before the LORD empty:
[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee. 
 
Judges
18 (1Ch 23:4; 26:29) You must appoint judges and officers
in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, 
throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people 
with righteous judgment. 
19 (Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15) You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality. 
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise 
and perverts the words of the righteous. 
20 (Dt 4:1) You must follow that which is altogether just, so that you may 
live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

[18] Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the
people with just judgment.
[19] Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the
words of the righteous.
[20] That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live,
and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Idolatry Forbidden
21 (2Ki 17:16; 2Ch 33:3) You must not plant for yourself an Asherah 
Wooden symbol of a female deity. of any trees near the altar of 
the Lord your God, which you make for yourself. 
22 (Lev 26:1; Ex 20:4) You shall not set up for yourself any image, 
which the Lord your God hates.

[21] Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of
the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
[22] Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God
hateth. 

2) Our Daily Bread for 15 March 2025 titled 
<a href="https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals
/devotional-category/being-a-light-for-christ"> 
Being a Light for Christ</a> by Kirsten Holmberg

Matthew 5:13-16

Salt and Light

Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34-35

13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?
It is from then on good
for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) Neither do men light a candle
and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick.
And it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works and glorify your Father
who is in heaven.

[13] Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
[14] Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be
hid.
[15] Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
[16] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

When schools around the globe sent their students home for health and safety 
during the coronavirus pandemic, their buildings and stadiums stood empty. 
While acknowledging many were experiencing greater afflictions from the virus,
teachers sought ways to show their students they missed them and to encourage 
them to press on through a difficult time. Many schools initiated what they 
called the "Be the Light" challenge, in which they burned the empty 
stadium's lights each night.

During His earthly life, Jesus issued His own kind of "be the light" 
challenge, saying that we who follow Him are to "let [our] light shine before 
others" (Matthew 5:16). His charge had a loftier goal than encouragement or 
moral support; instead, our willingness to reveal the light He's put in us 
shows the watching world who God is. The way we live our lives, in both word 
and deed, reveals the hope Jesus gives us, making it visible to all those 
around us, like a lamp on a stand.

Jesus calls us "the light of the world" and challenges us to illuminate the 
paths of others with His light radiating through us when they're walking a 
dark road. For those who don't yet know the hope Jesus offers, sharing His 
light through the way we live can point them toward God as the source 
of all hope.

Reflect & Pray

In whom do you see the light of Jesus? 
How can you cast His light into the lives of others?

Dear Jesus, thank You for giving me hope. 
Use me, please, to show Your light in this world through the way I live.

3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association

Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools

Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 1 - Bought Back

Eph 1:7

7 (Ro 3:24; Ac 2:38; 20:28) In Him we have redemption through His blood
and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace

[7] In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;

In the opening scenes of The Glenn Miller Story, Glenn Miller, then a
struggling musician trying to find an audience for his music, enters
a pawn shop. He has hocked his trombone for rent money, and has come
to redeem it. Paying the pawn broker the money, he buys back his own
instrument and leaves the shop, indicating that he will probably
be back again.
In Eph 1:7. Paul says that in Christ "we have redemption through
His blood and the forgiveness of sin according to the riches of His grace."
We belonged to God from the beginning; he made us and stamped
his image upon us. But through sin we were lost, pawned to the
world's system and the Enemy of our souls.
But God redeemed us; he "bought us back" with the most valuable
currency in the universe - the blood of his own Son, Jesus Christ.
He did not resent the bargain, or question whether we were worth
such a price. He freely gave Jesus in trade to ransom the souls
of the people he created and loved.
Sometimes in Christian circles we get so caught up in religious
jargon that we forget what redemption really means. Gog did not have
to "get us out of hock." He was not compelled to buy us back when we
had sold ourselves to sin. But because of his love, and with no
deserving on our part, he chose to pay an enormous price to set us free.
We are redeemed, bought back, by the One who owned us in the first place.

Application

a) In what ways have I been "in hock" to sin in my life?

b) What does it mean, in practical terms, that God "redeemed" me
from that sin?  

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

Proverbs 10:22

22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich ,and He adds no sorrow with it.

22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow with it.

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

When you are Saddened by Loss

1 Cor 15:35-38,51-57

35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up?
With what body do they come?"
36 You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare kernel,
perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
38 Then God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet,
for the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For tis corruptible will put on incorruption,
and this mortal will put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible will have put on incorruption,
and this mortal will have put on immortality,
then the saying that is written shall come to pass:
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
55 "O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ!

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,
but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember God's promises when You pray

The Lord's prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: 
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
11 Give us this day our daily bread. 
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: 
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.


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

Saskatchewan

Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan 2015 population  1125400

est Muslim Population       17279

CNMM Networks: Saskatoon

Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past
5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have 
focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts
of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres
of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a 
Christian school.
Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up
in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young
women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded. 
Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.

Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the 
  spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
  converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation. 
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
  to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon 
  to spread and grow to other cities.

Adding further

<a href="https://www.pray30days.org/2026/pray-for-palestinians-in-gaza">
Pray for Palestinians in Gaza</a>

Deir al Balah in the Gaza Strip has been a frequent political target, but
   for Shireen, it was home. A daughter in a family of ten, she was luckier
   than some, eventually being able to study at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
   When she met Christians who brought relief supplies and the Word of God,
   her life was transformed as she became a believer in Jesus.

   Shireen eventually married Mahmoud, a man who treated her quite poorly.
   She was ignored and left to fend for herself and her children when he was
   jailed for debt. The desperate situation in Gaza often meant she and the
   children would go for days without food and her mother's heart had to
   listen to them crying themselves to sleep. She longed to escape.

   God intervened and changed her heart. Shireen explains, "Jesus has called
   me to be a woman of God in the Gaza Strip. I am needed here and have this
   special assignment from God. My little sister loves Jesus now and we pray
   together and share scripture with each other. And I tell other
   Palestinians how to find eternal life in Jesus in a place that is known
   for war and death."
   
Believers around the world prayed for her husband, Mahmoud, who was not
   interested in Jesus. Then, not long ago, he had a powerful change and
   began to follow Jesus himself. He grew to become an attentive husband and
often texted verses saying they were "quotes from my four best friends:
   Matthew, Mark, Luke and John!"
  
   Mahmoud has also suffered. He has been badly beaten for his faith, yet
   rejects sympathy saying, "The only question we should ask is if my scars
   have conformed me more to the image of Christ."

How to Pray

     * Pray for peace in Gaza and for the ongoing war and humanitarian
       crisis to be resolved.
     * Ask Jesus to reveal Himself in dreams and visions to the people in
       Gaza.
     * Pray for Palestinian believers to be just not Jesus followers, but
       also prophets and apostles to their own people.
   

My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .

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

http://www.ehc.ca

15th Day of the Month

a) Pray for the Lord to convict all Canadians of His Righteous
   standards of living (John 16: 8 - 11

 8 "When He comes, He will convict the world of sin 
  and of righteousness    and of judgment: 
    9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 
   10 of righteousness, because I am going to My Father,
   and you will see Me no more; 
   11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world stands condemned."

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, 
and of righteousness, and of judgment: 
9 of sin, because they believe not on me; 
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 
11 of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
   )

b) Pray for the province of Nova Scotia

I) Pray for the leaders of Nova Scotia, that God's Spirit would influence 
them to act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards. 
( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4 
1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone, 
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority, 
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 
2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet 
and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 
4 who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

)

II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses
beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign 
and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus 

Eight) Day 21 - New works often begin quietly.

Scripture: Zechariah 4:6–10 

6 (Hos 1:7; Isa 11:2-4) And he said to me: "This is the word of the Lord
to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,
says the Lord of Hosts.
7 (Jer 51:25; Ps 114:4) "Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel
you will be made level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amidst
shouting of 'Grace! Grace to the stone!' "
8Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 (Ezr 5:16; 6:14-15) "The hands of Zerubbabel have established
the foundation of this house, and they will even complete it.
Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to all of you.
10 (Hag 2:3; Zec 3:9) "For who has despised the day of small things?
These seven will rejoice and see the plumb line in the hand
of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of the Lord, which survey to
and fro throughout the earth." 

[6] Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith
the LORD of hosts.
[7] Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a
plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it.
[8] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath
sent me unto you.
[10] For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice,
and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they
are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. 

---

Not by Might, But by Spirit

Zerubbabel stood before a half-finished temple and a mountain of opposition. 
The work had stalled, the people were discouraged, and resources were scarce. 
It is a feeling we all know: facing a task that seems too big for our hands 
and a timeline that feels impossible to meet.

God's word to him was not a strategy for more fundraising or a pep talk on 
working harder. It was a reminder of his fuel source: "Not by might nor by 
power, but by my Spirit."

Human effort ("might") and collective strength ("power") have their limits. 
They burn out. But the Spirit of the Lord is inexhaustible. God promised that 
the "mountain" standing in the way would become level ground, not because 
Zerubbabel was strong enough to crush it, but because God was gracious enough 
to move it.

Furthermore, God addressed the insecurity of the "day of small things." We 
often despise our own slow progress. We want the finished cathedral when we 
are still laying the first bricks. But God rejoices to see the work continue. 
He celebrates the process, not just the product.

---

Application:

- Are you staring at a "mountain" today - a difficult relationship, a stalled 
project, or a health crisis? Stop trying to shovel it away with your own 
limited strength. Invite the Holy Spirit to do what you cannot. And do not let
the slowness of the process discourage you. God is present in the small steps 
just as much as the big finish.

Prayer:

- Lord Almighty, I confess I often rely on my own grinding effort. Forgive me 
for despising the small beginnings in my life. I ask for Your Spirit to fill 
me and move the mountains I face. Thank You that the hands that began 
the good work in me will be faithful to complete it. Amen.

Prayer Requests: Mill Woods Care Closet

As we look forward to the "new things" God is doing in our community, 
please join us in prayer for:

- Growth: For increased food and clothing donations and the volunteers 
  needed to support opening an additional day to serve our neighbours.

- Intake Volunteers: For those on the front lines who share the hope of Jesus 
  while providing guidance on parenting, finances, employment, 
  and local resources.

- Funding: For God's favour as we launch our fundraising campaign 
  in Mill Woods and begin our grant-writing outreach.

- Mission: That in every interaction, we would reflect God's love, 
  patience, and grace toward every neighbour who walks through our doors.

---

Author: Cynthia Foster, Mill Woods Care Closet Executive Director

Conclusion:

Lord, You see what has happened. You know the truth. Nothing about this 
situation is hidden from you. Today I pplace this situation into Your hands.
I release my need to controlthe outcome. Help me walk in the footsteps 
of Jesus.

Help me continue dooing good. Guard my heart from bitterness. And help me 
trust that You are the One who judges justly. Amen.

Pray to the Lord and pray to be Holy in the eyes of the Lord
and honour Him.

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Jesus, thank You for giving me hope. 
Use me, please, to show Your light in this world through the way I live."

Pray to the Lord and pray to Him who bought you out of sin.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know His Blessings.

Pray to understand the Rapture of the Church.

Agree in prayer with us for:
- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart
and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing
Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.
- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the 
  spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into
  converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation. 
- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more
  to be raised up into effective witness.
- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon 
  to spread and grow to other cities.
  
     * Pray for peace in Gaza and for the ongoing war and humanitarian
       crisis to be resolved.
     * Ask Jesus to reveal Himself in dreams and visions to the people in
       Gaza.
     * Pray for Palestinian believers to be just not Jesus followers, but
       also prophets and apostles to their own people.

Pray for the Lord to convict all of humanity of His Righteous
standards of living 

<a href="https://www.vomcanada.com/qatar.htm">QATAR</a>

Pray for Christian expatriates who are sharing 
the Gospel in authentic ways with Qataris.

Lord Almighty, I confess I often rely on my own grinding effort. Forgive me 
for despising the small beginnings in my life. I ask for Your Spirit to fill 
me and move the mountains I face. Thank You that the hands that began 
the good work in me will be faithful to complete it. Amen.

Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.
and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

Remember eternity starts now -
Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God
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