Day 73 of My 5th Bible Study Journey

Day 73, 14 March 2025  

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. 

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 2025 titled 
<a href="https://ourdailybreadministries.ca/2025/14/03/were-made-to-do-good/">
Made to Do Good for God </a>

Ephesians 2:6-10

From Death to Life

6 (Eph 1:3) and He raised us up and seated us together in the heavenly places
in Christ Jesus,
7 (Titus 3:4; Eph 2:4) so that in the coming ages He might show
the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 (Eph 2:5; Mk 16:16) For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and this is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God,
9 (2Ti 1:9; Ro 3:20) not of works, so that no one should boast.
10 (Eph 4:24; 2Co 5:17; Eph 1:4) For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand,
so that we should walk in them.

[6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus:
[7] That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God:
[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.
[10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

At first, I ignored the card fluttering to the ground. The father and his 
little girl who dropped it were just twenty feet away, and I was late for 
work. Surely they would have realised it, I told myself. But they kept 
walking. My conscience got the better of me, and I went over to pick 
it up. It was a prepaid bus ride pass. When I gave it to them, 
their effusive thanks left me feeling unexpectedly satisfied. 
Why do I feel so good about doing such a small thing? I wondered.

It turns out that the human body produces chemicals that improve 
our mood when we're kind to others. We're made to feel good when 
we do good! That's not surprising, because we were created by 
a good God who made us to be like Him.

Ephesians 2:10 shows us that blessing others is a part of 
our very purpose: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto 
good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." 
This verse doesn't simply give an instruction to do good; in a way, 
it also reflects a part of our God-made nature. We don't have to be 
doing great things all the time. If we do something small to help 
others in our daily lives, we not only get the reward of satisfaction, but 
we also know that we're pleasing God - doing exactly what He made us to do.

Reflect & Pray
Who needs a helping hand or an encouraging word? 
What kind word or simple gesture can you extend 
to a friend, colleague, or neighbour?

Dear Father, please open my eyes to see 
how I can be kind to someone today.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 6 Reconciliation

2 Cor 5:18-19

18 All this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ
and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was
in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins
against them, and has entrusted to us the message of reconciliation.

18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation.

When Paul writes in 2 Cor 5:17 that we become a "new creation" in Christ
Jesus, the story does not end there. The verses following give us direction
for tht new life in Christ. "All This", Paul says, referring to the miracle of
new life in Christ, "is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
Reconciliation means to bring back together what was once separated. Man was
separated from God by sin, and God took the initiative to reconcile man to
himself. Our "ministry of reconciliation" as Christians is twofold: to draw
others to the Lord and to work for reconciliation between individuals.
Reconciliation is the ultimate goal of forgiveness. God, through his grace ,
extends forgiveness to us when we are still sinners, unrepentant,
undeserving. When we respond, we come into reconciliation with him
and are brought back into oneness. Likewise, when we extend the grace
of forgiveness to another, we are set free by the act of forgiving, but we
hope that the ultimate outcome will be reconciliation.
God shows us the pattern: he is the wronged party, yet he does not wait for
the offender to come to him, hat in hand. He takes a bold initiative, offering
forgiveness freely with out regard to merit. The pattern applies to us;
as the new life in Christ takes hold of us, we must reach out, and reach,
and keep on reaching, breaking down the barriers, taking the risk of
rejection so that we may come to reconciliation.

Application

a) What barriers stand between me and reconciliation with another person?

b) How can I take a risk and reach out to offer forgiveness and
reconciliation to them?

c) What kind of attitude do I need to be a "minister of reconciliation"?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Cor 8:9

9 (Mt 20:28; 2Co 6:10; 13:14) For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sakes He became poor,
that through His poverty you might be rich.

9 For ye know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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

God's Freeing Forgiveness

Eph 1:3-8a

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 (2Co 1:3; Eph 6:12; 2:6) Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 (Eph 5:27; Col 1:22) just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, to be holy
and blameless before Him in love;
5 (Ro 8:29-30; Eph 1:11) He predestined us to adoption as sons
to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure
of His will,
6 (Mt 3:17; Eph 1:12) to the praise of the glory of His grace
which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.
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,
8 which He lavished

3 Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him in love:
5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will, 
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 wherein he hath abounded


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/2025/pray-for-the-shabaks-of-iraq">
Pray for the Shabaks of Iraq</a>

Salim, an older Shabak man, helps with testing translated Bible chapters 
for comprehension. When he was given Luke 15 to read, Salim was sure 
he had identified the turning point in the parable of the prodigal son, 
understanding it to say: "While he was still a long way off, he saw 
his father, ran to him, threw his arms around him and kissed him."

In Salim's world, this was the only way to interpret the passage 
as the God he knows wouldn't run to reach the lost. The parable was just 
as confusing to him as it must have been to the original audience 
that Jesus spoke to!

The team clarified that the passage was, indeed, about God, our Heavenly 
Father, running towards the sinner. A few weeks later, Salim started 
meeting and praying with a believer.

The Shabaks are a minority ethnic group living mostly on the so-called 
Nineveh Plains, east of Mosul. Numbering around half a million, 
they've often suffered from oppression and neglect. Most Shabaks follow 
Shia Islam, with a minority being Sunni Muslims. A small number have 
come to know God as their loving father who rejoices in repentant sinners.

There is currently no Scripture available in the Shabaki language, 
but a team is working on translating the Gospel of Luke.

How to Pray

Pray for the ongoing translation process and the scheduled 
release of the Gospel of Luke in the near future.

Pray that many Shabaks would read, hear, and listen to the 
Good News in their heart language.

Pray for God's kingdom to take root in the Nineveh Plains.

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

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

http://www.ehc.ca

14th Day of the Month

a)  Pray for God's kingdom to come
  in your home, neighbourhood, city or community, 
  and in our nation ( Matt 6:10

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.

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


) 

b) Pray for those who serve with
   denominations and Christian organisations 
   in Canada - that God will bless their ministry
   and anoint them for effective service.

Conclusion:

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

Pray to the Lord: "Dear Father, please open my eyes to see 
how I can be kind to someone today."

Pray to the Lord and pray to be a reconciler. 

Pray to the Lord and pray to know to know the poverty of the Lord.

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

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 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 the ongoing translation process and the scheduled 
release of the Gospel of Luke in the near future.

Pray that many Shabaks would read, hear, and listen to the 
Good News in their heart language.

Pray for God's kingdom to take root in the Nineveh Plains.

Many Togolese people follow traditional religions. Pray that they
will be set free from spiritual bondage.

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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