Day 75 of My 5th Bible Study Journey

Day 75, 16 March 2025 

Acts 15:36

36 (Ac 13:4; 13:13-14) After some days Paul said to Barnabas,
"Let us return and visit our brothers in every city
where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing."

[36] And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit
our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and
see how they do.

Today at <a href="https://www.calvarycommunity.ca"> Calvary community Church
</a>, Pastor Doug Zieber spoke on Divine Detours and Delays based 
on Acts 16:6-15

Paul's Vision of the Macedonian

Acts 16
 
6 (Ac 18:23; 1Pe 1:1; Gal 1:2) They went through the region of Phryg­ia
and Galatia and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
7 (Ro 8:9; Gal 4:6) When they came near Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia,
but the Spirit did not allow them.
8 (2Co 2:12; 2Ti 4:13) So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

[6] Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and
were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
[7] After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the
Spirit suffered them not.
[8] And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

John 16:13

13 (Jn 14:17; 14:26; 15:26) But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide
you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority. But He will
speak whatever He hears, and He will tell you things that are to come.

[13] Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,
that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Proverbs 16:9

9 (Jer 10:23; Ps 37:23 ) A man's heart devises his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.

9 A man's heart deviseth his way:
But the LORD directeth his steps.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5 (Ps 37:3; 37:5) Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 (1Ch 28:9; Pr 16:3; Jer 10:23) in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will direct your paths.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
And lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
And he shall direct thy paths.

Isaiah 30:21

21 (Ps 25:8-9; Isa 35:8-9) Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
"This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right hand
and when you turn to the left.

[21] And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Paul's Vision of the Macedonian

Acts 16

9 (Ac 18:5; 19:21) During the night a vision appeared to Paul:
A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying,
"Come over to Macedonia and help us."
10 After he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia,
concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

[9] And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of
Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
[10] And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into
Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the
gospel unto them.

The Conversion of Lydia

11 From Troas we set sail on a straight course to Samothrace
and the next day to Neapolis,
12 (Php 1:1; 1Th 2:2) and from there to Philippi, which is the main city
of that part of Macedonia, and a colony. We stayed in this city several days.
13 (Ac 13:14) On the Sabbath we went out of the city to a riverside,
where prayer was customarily offered. And we sat down
and spoke to the women who had assembled.
14 (Lk 24:45; Ac 18:7) A woman named Lydia, a seller of purple fabric
of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us.
The Lord opened her heart to acknowledge what Paul said.
15 (Ac 11:14; Heb 13:2) When she and her household were baptized,
she entreated us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
come to my house and remain there." And she persuaded us.

[11] Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to
Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
[12] And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
[13] And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where
prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which
resorted thither.
[14] And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that
she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
[15] And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying,
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and
abide there. And she constrained us.

Galations 6

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

DEUTERONOMY 17
1 (Dt 15:21; 23:18) You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God any bull 
or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is detestable 
to the Lord your God.
2 (Dt 17:5; Jos 7:11) If there be found among you, within any of your gates
which the Lord your God gives you, man or woman, who has acted 
wickedly in the sight of the Lord your God, by transgressing His covenant, 
3 (Dt 4:19; Job 31:26-27) and has gone and served other gods and worshipped 
them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, 
which I have not commanded, 
4 (Dt 13:12-14; 19:18) and if it is told to you, and you have heard of it, 
and investigated diligently, and it is true, and the matter is certain 
that such a detestable thing has happened in Israel, 
5 (Lev 24:14; Jos 7:25) then you must bring forth that man or that woman 
who has committed that wicked thing to your gates, that very man 
or woman, and stone them with stones until they die. 
6 (Nu 35:30; Dt 19:15) On the testimony of two or three witnesses 
he that is to die must be put to death, but on the testimony 
of one witness he cannot be put to death. 
7 (Dt 13:9; 13:5) The hands of the witnesses shall be first against 
him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. 
So you shall purge the evil from among you.

[1] Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep,
wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
[2] If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of
the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
[3] And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
[4] And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently,
and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is
wrought in Israel:
[5] Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed
that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt
stone them with stones, till they die.
[6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall
not be put to death.
[7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death,
and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away
from among you.

Courts of Law

8 (Dt 12:5; Hag 2:11) If there arises a matter too difficult for you
in judgment, between one kind of bloodshed and another, 
between one kind of lawsuitand another, and between one kind of assault
and another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you must arise
and go up to the place where the Lord your God shall choose. 
9 (Eze 44:24; Jer 18:18) You must go to the Levitical priests or to the judge 
in office those days, and inquire, and they will show you 
the verdict of judgment. 
10 You shall do according to the verdict which they declare to you from 
the place where the Lord will choose to show you, and you must be careful 
to do all that they instruct you to do.
11 (Jos 1:7) You must do according to the terms of the law which 
they instruct you and according to the verdict which they tell you. 
You must not deviate from the sentence which they show you, 
to the right or to the left. 
12 (Nu 15:30; Dt 13:5) The man who acts presumptuously 
and does not listen to the priest who stands to minister 
before the Lord your God, or to the judge-that man must die, 
and you must purge the evil from Israel. 
13 (Dt 13:11; 19:20) Then all the people will hear, and fear, 
and not act presumptuously again.

[8] If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and
blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters
of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into
the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
[9] And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge
that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the
sentence of judgment:
[10] And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place
which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do
according to all that they inform thee:
[11] According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and
according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou
shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right
hand, nor to the left.
[12] And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the
priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the
judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from
Israel.
[13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Appointing a King
14 (1Sa 8:19-20) When you have come into the land which 
the Lord your God gives you and possess it and dwell there
and then say, "I will set a king over me just like all the nations
that are around me,
15 (Jer 30:21; 1Sa 10:24) you must set a king over you whom 
the Lord your God will choose. You must select a king over you 
who is from among your brothers. You may not select a foreigner 
over you who is not your countryman. 
16 (Ex 13:17; 1Ki 4:26) What is more, he shall not accumulate horses 
for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order 
that he accumulate horses, for as the Lord has said to you, 
"You must not go back that way ever again."
17 (Ne 13:26) He shall not acquire many wives for himself, 
lest his heart turn away; nor shall he acquire for himself
excess silver and gold.
18 (Dt 31:9; 2Ki 11:12) It must be, when he sits on the throne 
of his kingdom, that he shall write a copy of this law for 
himself on a scroll before the priests, the Levites. 
19 (Jos 1:8) It must be with him, and he must read it all the days 
of his life so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, 
and carefully observe all the words of this law 
and these statutes, and do them, 
20 (Dt 5:32; 1Ki 15:5) that his heart will not be lifted up 
above his brothers and so that he may not turn aside 
from the commandment, to the right or to the left, to the end,
so that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, 
he and his children, in the midst of Israel."
 
[14] When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a
king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
[15] Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God
shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
[16] But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to
return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the
LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
[17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not
away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
[18] And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that
he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before
the priests the Levites:
[19] And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his
life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of
this law and these statutes, to do them:
[20] That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn
not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the
end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in
the midst of Israel. 

DEUTERONOMY 18

Provision for Priests and Levites

1 (Dt 10:9; Nu 18:8-9) The Levitical priests and all the tribe of Levi 
will not have any portion or inheritance with Israel. They must eat 
the offerings of the Lord made by fire and His portion. 
2 They will have no inheritance among their brothers. 
The Lord is their inheritance, just as He has said to them.
3 (Lev 7:30-34) This shall be the priest's due from the people, 
from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be an ox or sheep: 
they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks,
and the stomach. 
4 (Ex 22:29; 23:19) You must give him the first fruit of your grain, 
of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your 
sheep also. 
5 (Dt 10:8; 17:12) For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all 
your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him 
and his sons forever.
6 (Nu 35:2-3; Dt 12:5) If a Levite comes from any of your gates 
out of all Israel, where he lives, and comes with all the desire 
of his mind to the place where the Lord shall choose, 
7 then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, 
as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord. 
8 (Ne 12:44; 12:47) They must have the same portions to eat, 
besides any profits he may receive from the sale of his father's inheritance.

[1] The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part
nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made
by fire, and his inheritance.
[2] Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD
is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
[3] And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer
a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest
the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
[4] The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the
first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
[5] For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to
minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
[6] And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the
LORD shall choose;
[7] Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his
brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
[8] They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the
sale of his patrimony.

A Call to Holiness

9 (Dt 12:29-31; Lev 18:26-27) When you enter into the land which the 
Lord your God gives you, you must not learn to practice the abominations 
of those nations. 
10 (Lev 19:26; 19:31) There must not be found among you anyone who makes 
his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination, 
or uses witchcraft, or an interpreter of omens, or a sorcerer, 
11 (Lev 19:31) or one who casts spells, or a spiritualist, or an occultist, 
or a necromancer. 
12 (Lev 18:24; Dt 9:4) For all that do these things are an abomination 
to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God 
will drive them out from before you. 
13 (Ge 6:9; 17:1) You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

[9] When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
[10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
[11] Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer.
[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from
before thee.
[13] Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

The Prophet

14 For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to soothsayers 
and to diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted
you to do so. 
15 (Ac 7:37; Jn 1:21) The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet
from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him. 
16 (Ex 20:19; Dt 9:10) This is according to all that you desired of the Lord 
your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying,
"Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, 
nor let me see this great fire anymore, so that I do not die."
17 (Dt 5:28) The Lord said to me, "They have done well 
in what they have said. 
18 (Jn 8:28; 4:25; 12:49-50) I will raise up a prophet from
 among their brothers, like you, and will put My words in his mouth, 
and he will speak to them all that I command him. 
19 (Ac 3:22-23) It will be that whoever will not listen to My words 
which he will speak in My name, I will require it of him. 
20 (Dt 13:1-5; Zec 13:3) But the prophet, who presumes to speak a word
in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall 
speak in the name of other gods - that prophet shall die."
21 And you may say in your heart, 
"How can we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?"
22 (Dt 18:20) When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, 
if the thing does not occur or come to pass, that is the thing 
which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it 
presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.

[14] For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers
of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not
suffered thee so to do.
[15] The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of
thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
[16] According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in
the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD
my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
[17] And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have
spoken.
[18] I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all
that I shall command him.
[19] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my
words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
[20] But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which
I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other
gods, even that prophet shall die.
[21] And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the
LORD hath not spoken?
[22] When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow
not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

DEUTERONOMY 19

Cities of Refuge

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

1 (Dt 12:29; 6:10) When the Lord your God has cut off the nations, 
whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them, 
and dwell in their cities, and in their houses, 
2 (Ex 21:13) you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the midst 
of your land, which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 
3 You shall prepare a roadway for yourself, and divide the territory 
of your land into three parts, which the Lord your God is giving you 
to inherit, so that every manslayer may flee there.
4 (Nu 35:15-24; Dt 4:42) This is the word concerning the manslayer 
who will flee there, so that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor 
unintentionally, whom he did not hate previously, 
5like when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, 
and his hand raises the axe to cut down the tree, and the axe head 
slips from the handle and lands on his neighbor causing him to die, 
then he may flee to one of those cities, and live. 
6 (Nu 35:12) Otherwise the avenger of blood might, while he is angry, 
pursue the manslayer and overtake him (because the way is long) 
and kill him, even though he was not worthy of death
 (since he did not hate him previously). 
7 Therefore, I command you, saying, 
"You shall set apart three cities for yourselves."
8 (Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:31) If the Lord your God enlarges your borders 
as He promised your fathers, and gives you all the land which He 
promised to give to your fathers, 
9 (Jos 20:7-8) and if you will carefully keep all these commandments, 
which I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to always 
walk in His ways, then you must add three cities more for yourself, 
besides these three. 
10 Then innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord 
your God is giving you for an inheritance, and blood guiltiness be on you.
11 (Nu 35:16-21; Dt 27:24) But if any man hates his neighbor, 
and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and mortally strikes him, 
causing him to die, and flees to one of these cities, 
12 then the elders of his city must send and fetch him from there, 
and deliver him to the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.
13 (1Ki 2:31; Dt 7:2) Your eye must not pity him, but you must remove 
the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
14 (Dt 27:17; Pr 22:28) You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, 
which they of old time have set in your inheritance, which you shall 
inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

[1] When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy
God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and
in their houses;
[2] Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
[3] Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer
may flee thither.
[4] And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he
may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time
past;
[5] As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and
his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head
slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he
shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
[6] Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot,
and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not
worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
[7] Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for
thee.
[8] And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy
fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy
fathers;
[9] If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command
thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then
shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
[10] That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
[11] But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up
against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of
these cities:
[12] Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
[13] Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
[14] Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time
have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the
LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Witnesses

15 (Nu 35:30; Mt 18:16) A single witness must not rise up against a man 
on account of any iniquity or any sin that he sins. At the testimony 
of two witnesses or at the testimony of three witnesses shall the matter
be established.
16 (Ps 27:12; 35:11) If a false witness rises up against any man to testify 
against him to accuse him of doing wrong, 
17 (Dt 17:9; 21:5) then both the men between whom the controversy
is must stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, 
who are in office those days. 
18 (Dt 13:14; 17:4) The judges will thoroughly investigate, 
and if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely 
against his brother, 
19 (Pr 19:5; 19:9) then you must do to him as he conspired 
to have done to his brother. In this way you must remove 
the evil from among you. 
20 (Dt 17:13; 21:21) Those who remain will hear and fear, 
and will never again commit any such evil among you. 
21 (Dt 19:13) You must not show pity. But life will be for life, 
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

[15] One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at
the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
[16] If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that
which is wrong;
[17] Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before
the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
[18] And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
[19] Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his
brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
[20] And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil among you. 
[21] And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DEUTERONOMY 20

Rules of Warfare

1 (Dt 31:6; 31:8) When you go out to battle against your enemies, 
and see horses, and chariots, and a people that outnumber you, 
do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, 
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 (Nu 10:8-9; 31:6) It will be, when you approach the battle, 
that the priest will approach and speak to the people, 
3 and he shall say to them, "Hear, O Israel, you approach today 
to do battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. 
Do not fear, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them.
4 (Dt 1:30; 3:22) For the Lord your God is He that goes with you, 
to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."
5 (Ne 12:27) The officers will speak to the people, saying, 
"What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? 
Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, a
nd another man dedicate it. 
6 (Lev 19:23-25) What man is there who has planted a vineyard, 
and has not yet eaten of it? Let him also go and return to his house, 
lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 
7 (Dt 24:5; 28:30) What man is there who is engaged to a woman 
but has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, 
lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."
8 (Jdg 7:3; Dt 1:28) The officers are to speak further to the people, 
and they shall say, "What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?
 Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart faint 
as well as his heart."
9 It will be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people,
that they must make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 When you come near to a city to fight against it, 
then proclaim peace to it. 
11 It shall be, if it gives you a reply of peace and opens to you, 
then it must be that all the people that are found within shall
become slaves to you and they shall serve you. 
12 If it will not make peace with you but makes war against you, 
then you are to besiege it. 
13 And when the Lord your God has delivered it into your hands, 
you are to slay every male there with the edge of the sword. 
14 (Jos 8:2; 22:8) But the women, and the little ones, and the livestock,
and all that is in the city, all the spoil within, you are to take 
to yourself, and you will eat the spoil of your enemies, 
which the Lord your God has given you. 
15 Thus you are to do to all the cities which are far away, 
which are not the cities of these nearby nations.
16 (Jos 11:14; Nu 21:2-3) But of the cities of these people,
which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, 
you must not leave alive anything that breathes. 
17 But you shall completely destroy them: namely, 
the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, 
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, just as the Lord your God 
has commanded you, 
18 (Ex 23:33; Dt 12:30-31) so that they do not teach you to participate 
in all their abominations, which they have done to their gods, 
causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
19 When you lay siege to a city for a long time, in making war against 
it in order to take it, you shall not destroy the trees there by chopping 
them down with an axe, for you may eat from them, and you shall not 
cut them down. For the tree of the field is not a man in which to lay siege. 
20 However, you may destroy and cut down only the trees which you know 
are not fruit trees, so that you may build siege engines against the city
that makes war with you until it falls.

Deuteronomy 20
[1] When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses,
and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the
LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[2] And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest
shall approach and speak unto the people,
[3] And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not
tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
[4] For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.
[5] And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there
that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and
return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
[6] And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten
of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle,
and another man eat of it.
[7] And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and
another man take her.
[8] And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall
say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and
return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
[9] And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the
people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
[10] When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim
peace unto it.
[11] And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee,
then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be
tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
[12] And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee,
then thou shalt besiege it:
[13] And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
[14] But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in
the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou
shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given
thee.
[15] Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
[16] But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
[17] But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
[18] That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they
have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
[19] When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to
take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against
them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the
tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
[20] Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou
shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the
city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. 

2) Our Daily Bread for 16 March 2025 titled 
<a href="https://odb.org/2025/03/16/intervals-of-rest">
Intervals of Rest </a>

Exodus 20:8-11
8 (Lev 19:3; Ge 2:3) Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 
9 (Lk 13:14; Ex 23:12) Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 
10 (Ex 34:21; Nu 15:32-36) but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the 
Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, 
or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, 
or your livestock, or your sojourner who is within your gates. 
11 (Ge 2:2-3; Ex 31:17) For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. 
Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

[8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
[10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates:
[11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Running coach Jeff Galloway, a former Olympian, teaches a marathon training 
protocol that has a counterintuitive component to it. New and experienced 
marathoners are often surprised to learn that he advocates a "run/walk"
strategy: alternating running for a set number of minutes with short periods 
of walking. The premise behind his approach is that the brief interludes of 
walking enable the body to recuperate briefly, equipping runners to finish 
their races faster than if they had run all 26.2 miles straight through.

The importance of intervals of rest isn't limited to running. Rest helps us 
sustain the lengthy effort life requires. It's something God addresses 
throughout the Bible, starting in the book of Exodus. In the Old Testament, 
the rhythms of rest were modeled after God's work at the time of creation: 
to labour for six days and then keep "the seventh day [as] a sabbath to the 
Lord your God” (Exodus 20:10) because God "made the heavens and the earth, 
the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day" (v. 11).

As believers in Jesus, there's no definitive prescription for how often we're 
to rest (Romans 14:5-6; Colossians 2:16-17). Rest - whenever and however we 
enjoy it - is meant to be restorative. Choosing to rest is also an expression 
of trust in God, who's faithful to supply our needs; we needn't (and can't) 
run forever.

By:  Kirsten Holmberg

Reflect & Pray

How and when do you rest? How has God supplied your needs when you've 
rested as an expression of faith?

Father, thank You for giving me opportunities 
to trust You through rest.

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 7 Promises of Grace - Day 1 Hard Bargain

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you will receive them, and you will have them.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

"I've been praying." Jennifer declared confidently. " I told God I'd give him
a tithe of that $5000000 when I win the sweepstakes."
Her friend Cindi laughed. "Well, then, you don't have a chance. I told him
I'd give him half!"
Can we, as in Mark 11:24 seems to imply , pray for anything, absolutely
anything, and expect that the Lord will come through? Can we pray with
assurance for new cars, mink coats, or trips to the Caribbean? The verse
seems to be a troublesome one, especially when we try it and our prayers
aren't answered in the way we expected.
But seen in context, Mark 11:24 gives us a much broader picture of the
kind of prayer Jesus meant. The verse appears in the framework of
Jesus' ministry - cleansing the temple, correcting the Pharisees,
commanding forgiveness, discussing his authority. The condition for
the fulfillment of Mark 11:24, if Jesus' actions are any indication,
is fulfilling the will and purpose of God.
Such a condition for powerful prayers involves much more than attaching
am "If it be Thy will" clause onto the end of our prayers. We need to know
God's will and walk in it, seeking his kingdom first, and drawing close to
him. Then , as our hearts are right with him, what we ask in prayer
is likely to be congruent with the mind and purposes of Christ. We are
less likely to pray selfishly, and more likely to share God's priorities,
as we get to know him. And as we deepen in our knowledge of him,
as his will becomes our will, his promise for answered prayer takes
on new dimensions.

Application

a) What is the connection betweeen know God's will and praying effectively?

b) What changes need to take place in my life
so that I might pray with greater power?


4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

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/2025/pray-for-uzbekistan">
Pray for Uzbekistan </a>

Some years ago, Gulnora visited an Uzbek village. "The mullah proudly showed 
me the new mosque and probably expected criticism from me as a Christian. But 
I complimented the design of the mosque, and said that I hoped that God's word
would be preached there."

Gulnoza tells how the mullah was surprised, "when I gave him a copy of the New
Testament in Uzbek he took it, touched it with his lips and forehead 
and finally held it close to his heart. A group of men had gathered around us 
and when they saw how the mullah received the New Testament with such honour, 
they also wanted books, but unfortunately I did not have any more with me."

Recently Gilnore travelled back to the same village. The mullah heard about 
her arrival and came towards her on the road. While still far off, 
he called out:

"My daughter! You've returned at last! Do you remember that when you were 
here last time you gave me the New Testament in Uzbek? I am so grateful 
to you! Now I know every Friday what to read in our mosque, and I have 
a holy book which shows the way to God in my language. The other books 
were hard to understand, but this one helps me to prepare my sermons 
and give hope to those who listen!"

How to Pray

Pray that many villages would have the opportunity to read the Bible 
in their own language.

Pray for an increase of freedom of religion in Uzbekistan.

Pray for safety, growth, and spiritual maturity 
for those in underground house churches.

Pray that local pastors would be taught by the Holy Spirit 
and lead their flocks to withstand persecution.

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

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

http://www.ehc.ca

16th Day of the Month

a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false 
   idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences
( John 16:7-8

7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away. 
For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you. 
But if I go, I will send Him to you. 
8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin 
and of righteousness and of judgment"

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:

)

b) Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
   of denying God's supremacy

(

John 14:6

6 Jesus said to him, 
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. 
No one comes to the Father except through Me."

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: 
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Rom 3:19-20

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, 
it says to those who are under the law, 
so that every mouth may be silenced, 
and all the world may become accountable to God. 
20 Therefore by the works of the law 
no flesh will be justified in His sight, 
 for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are
under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become
guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified
in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

2 Cor 5:10

 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, 
that each one may receive his recompense in the body, 
according to what he has done, 
whether it was good or bad.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one 
may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, 
whether it be good or bad.

2 Cor 10:5

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing
 that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, 
bringing every thought into 
captivity to the obedience of Christ,

5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought 
to the obedience of Christ;

)

Conclusion:

Pray to the Lord and pray to know what path he has set for you.

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

Pray to the Lord: "Father, thank You for giving me opportunities 
to trust You through rest."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the purpose of prayer. 

Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the Lord's Blessings.

Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the upcoming 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 that many villages would have the opportunity to read the Bible 
in their own language.

Pray for an increase of freedom of religion in Uzbekistan.

Pray for safety, growth, and spiritual maturity 
for those in underground house churches.

Pray that local pastors would be taught by the Holy Spirit 
and lead their flocks to withstand persecution. 

Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false 
   idea that all moral choices are equal and
without consequences.

Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly
   of denying God's supremacy

Pray for the advancement of the Gospel in Djibouti even though
government officials attempt to limit Christianity.

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

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