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Day 53, 22 February 2026

Today at <a href="https://www.calvarycommunity.ca">
Calvary Community Chr=urch </a> , Pastor Barry Regier spoke on
Living Counter-Cultural - Prayer

1 Peter 2:11-12

Live as Servants of God

11 (Jas 4:1; Lev 25:23) Dearly beloved, I implore you as aliens and refugees, abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
12 (Mt 5:16; 1Pe 3:16) Live your lives honorably among the Gentiles, so that though they speak against you as evildoers, they shall see your good works
and thereby glorify God in the day of visitation.

[11] Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[12] Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

The Lord's Prayer
A) From Performance to presence.

5 (Mt 6:2; 6:16; Mk 11:25) "When you pray, you shall not be like
the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues
and on the street corners that they may be seen by men.
Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
6 (2Ki 4:33; Isa 26:20) But you, when you pray, enter your closet,
and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
[5] And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. [6] But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

B) From manipulatin to trust.

7 (1Ki 18:26-29; Mt 6:32) But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions,
as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
8 (Mt 6:32; Ps 38:9 ) Do not be like them, for your Father knows
what things you have need of before you ask Him.
[7] But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
[8] Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things
ye have need of, before ye ask him.

C) From self-reliance to God Centred alignment.

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.
[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.

D) From scarcity to daily dependence

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

E) FRom hidden debt to heling release

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
14 (Mk 11:25; Eph 4:32) For if you forgive men for their sins,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 (Mt 18:35)But if you do not forgive men for their sins,
neither will your Father forgive your sins.

[12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
[14] For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
[15] But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

F) From self-reliance to daily protection

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.

[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.

1) Leviticus 26, Leviticus 27

LEVITICUS 26

Rewards for Obedience

1 (Lev 19:4; Ex 23:24; 20:4 - 5) You shall not make for yourselves idols; neither set up a carved image nor a standing stone, nor shall you set up
any sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. 2 (Lev 19:30) You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary:
I am the Lord.
3 (Dt 28:1-14; 11:13-15) If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and do them,
4 (Ps 67:6; 85:12) then I will give you rain in due season,
and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 (Am 9:13; Lev 25:18-19) Your threshing shall last till the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last till the time for sowing, and you shall eat your bread till you are full and dwell in your land safely.
6 (Isa 35:9; Jer 30:10) I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down for sleep, and none shall make you afraid; I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.
7 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 (Dt 32:30; Jos 23:10) Five of you shall chase a hundred,
and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight,
and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 (Ge 17:6-7; Ne 9:23) I will turn toward you and make you fruitful
and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.
10 (Lev 25:22) You shall eat the old harvest long stored,
and clear out the old to make way for the new.
11 (Ex 25:8; 29:45) I will set My tabernacle among you,
and I shall not abhor you.
12 (2Co 6:16; Ge 3:8) I will walk among you, and I will be your God,
and you shall be My people.
13 (Eze 34:27; Ex 20:2) I am the Lord your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves,
and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright.

[1] Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to
bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
[2] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
[3] If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
[4] Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
[5] And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and
dwell in your land safely.
[6] And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall
the sword go through your land.
[7] And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
[8] And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put
ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. [9] For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply
you, and establish my covenant with you.
[10] And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. [11] And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor
you.
[12] And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
[13] I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of
your yoke, and made you go upright.

Punishment for Disobedience

14 (Dt 28:15-68; Mal 2:2) But if you will not listen to Me,
and will not do all these commandments,
15 (2Ki 17:15) if you despise My statutes, or if you abhor My judgments,
so that you will not do all My commandments, but you break My covenant,
16 (Job 31:8; 1Sa 2:33) then I will do this to you: I will visit you
with terror, with wasting disease, and with a fever that shall consume
the eyes and cause sorrow of heart, and you shall sow your seed in vain,
for your enemies shall eat it.
17 (Ps 53:5; Lev 17:10) I will set My face against you, and you shall be
slain before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you,
and you shall flee when none pursues you.
18 (Lev 26:21; 26:24) If you will not yet listen to Me after all this,
then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 (Dt 28:23; Isa 25:11) I will break the pride of your power,
and I will make your heaven as iron and your land as bronze.
20 (Ps 127:1; Isa 49:4) Your strength shall be spent in vain,
for your land shall not yield her increase,
nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 If you continue to walk contrary to Me and will not listen to Me,
I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 (Dt 32:24; Jdg 5:6) I will also send wild beasts among you,
which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock,
and make you few in number. And your roads shall be desolate.
23 (Jer 5:3; 2:30) And if by these things you are not turned to Me,
but walk contrary to Me,
24 (2Sa 22:27; Ps 18:26) then I will also walk contrary to you
and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25 (Nu 14:12; Eze 5:17) I will bring a sword upon you that shall
extract vengeance for My covenant. And when you are gathered together
within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall
be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 (Isa 3:1; Mic 6:14) When I have broken the supply of your bread,
ten women shall bake your bread in one oven,
and they shall ration your bread again by weight,
and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
27 (Lev 26:21; 26:24) If you will not listen to Me for all this,
but walk contrary to Me,
28 (Isa 59:18; 63:3) then I will walk contrary to you also in fury,
and I Myself will chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 (La 4:10; Eze 5:10) You shall eat the flesh of your sons
and the flesh of your daughters.
30 (2Ki 23:20; Isa 27:9) I will destroy your high places,
and cut down your images, and cast your funeral offerings
on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I shall abhor you.
31 (Ne 2:3; 2Ki 25:4-10) I will make your cities a waste
and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell
the savor of your fragrant offerings.
32 (Jer 9:11; 18:16) I will bring the land into desolation,
and your enemies that dwell there shall be astonished at it.
33 (Dt 4:27; Eze 20:23) I will scatter you among the nations
and I will draw out a sword after you. And your land shall
be desolate and your cities a waste.
34 (2Ch 36:21) Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths
as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies' land;
then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest
because it did not rest during your sabbaths when you lived upon it.
36 (Eze 21:7; Lev 26:17) And on those who are left alive of you
I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;
and the sound of a shaken leaf shall make them flee,
and they shall flee as from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues. 37 (Jos 7:12-13; Jdg 2:14) They shall fall one upon one another,
as to escape before the sword,
though no one pursues,
and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 You shall perish among the nations,
and the land of your enemies shall consume you.
39 (Eze 4:17; 33:10) And those who are left of you shall rot away
in their iniquity in your enemies' lands, and also because of the
iniquities of their fathers, they shall rot away with them.
40 (1Ki 8:33-36; Pr 28:13) But if they confess their iniquity,
and the iniquity of their fathers, with their treachery that
they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary to Me,
41 (Eze 44:7; Ac 7:51) and that I also have walked contrary to them
and have brought them into the land of their enemies;
if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled,
and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
42 (Ex 2:24; 6:5) then will I remember My covenant with Jacob,
and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham,
and I will remember the land.
43 (Lev 26:15) But the land shall be abandoned by them, and enjoy
its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They shall make amends
for their iniquity, because they despised My
and because they abhorred My statutes.
44 (Ro 11:2; 2Ki 13:23) Yet for all that, when they are in the land of
their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor will I abhor them
to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them,
for I am the Lord their God.
45 (Lev 22:33; 25:38) But for their sake I will remember the covenant
with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight
of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.
46 (Lev 27:34; 25:1) These are the statutes and judgments
and laws that the Lord made between Himself
and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

[14] But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
[15] And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
[16] I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall
eat it.
[17] And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when
none pursueth you.
[18] And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
[19] And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven
as iron, and your earth as brass:
[20] And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
[21] And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
[22] I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
[23] And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
[24] Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
[25] And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send
the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the
enemy.
[26] And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake
your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by
weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
[27] And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
[28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[29] And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
[30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. [31] And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
[32] And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
[33] And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
[34] Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,
and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy
her sabbaths.
[35] As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
[36] And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they
shall fall when none pursueth.
[37] And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
[38] And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
[39] And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
[40] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
[41] And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them
into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
[42] Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
[43] The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my
judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
[44] And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and
to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
[45] But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen,
that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
[46] These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made
between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

LEVITICUS 27

Laws About Vows

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 (Nu 6:2; Dt 23:21-23) Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
When a man makes a special vow to the Lord based on the equivalent value (Shorthand for the formula in Lev 5:15.) of persons,
3 (Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25) then the equivalent value of a male
from twenty to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels
(About 11/4 pounds, or 575 grams; and in v. 16.) of silver,
according to the sanctuary shekel. (About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams;
and in v. 25.)
4 If the person is a female, then the equivalent value shall be
thirty shekels. (About 12 ounces, or 345 grams.)
5 If the person is five to twenty years old, then the equivalent value
shall be twenty shekels (About 8 ounces, or 230 grams.) for a male
and ten shekels (About 4 ounces, or 115 grams; and in v. 7.) for a female.
6 If the person is one month to five years old,
then the equivalent value shall be five shekels
(About 2 ounces, or 58 grams.)
for a male and three shekels (About 1 1/4 ounces, or 35 grams.)
of silver for a female.
7 If the person is sixty years old or older, then the equivalent
value shall be fifteen shekels (About 6 ounces, or 175 grams.)
for a male and ten shekels for a female.
8 (Lev 14:21-22) But if he is too poor to afford the equivalent value,
then he shall present himself before the priest and the priest shall
set his value. According to what the person making the vow can afford,
so the priest shall set his value.
9 And if it be an animal, of which men bring an offering to the Lord,
all that any man gives of such to the Lord shall be holy.
10 He shall not exchange it nor substitute it, good for bad or bad for good.
If he in fact substitutes an animal for another, then both it
and its substitute shall be holy.
11 If it is any sort of unclean animal that is not permitted as an offering
to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest.
12 And the priest shall set its value, whether good or bad;
according to the equivalent value set by the priest, so shall it be.
13 (Lev 27:15; 27:19) But if he plans on redeeming it,
then he shall add one-fifth to the equivalent value.
14 When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest
shall set its value, whether good or bad, according to the equivalent value
set by the priest, so shall it be established.
15 (Lev 27:13) If he who consecrates the house should redeem it,
then he shall add one-fifth to its equivalent value, and it shall be his.
16 If a man shall consecrate to the Lord some of his land,
then the equivalent value shall be according to the seed
needed to sow it: fifty shekels of silver per homer
(Likely about 300 pounds, or 135 kilograms. of barley seed.
17 If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee,
the equivalent value shall stay fixed,
18 (Lev 25:15-16) but if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee,
then the priest shall calculate for him the price according to the years
that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the equivalent value
shall be reduced.
19 And if he who consecrated the field plans on redeeming it,
then he shall add one-fifth to the equivalent value,
and it will be established as his.
20 If he does not redeem the field,
but rather sells the field to another man,
it may not be redeemed again.
21 (Eze 44:29; Nu 18:14; Lev 25:10) But when the field is released
in the Jubilee, it shall be holy to the Lord as a devoted field;
it shall become the possession of the priest.
22 (Lev 25:10; 25:25) If a man consecrates to the Lord a field
that he purchased, which is not part of his land property,
23 (Lev 27:18) then the priest shall calculate for him
the amount of the valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee,
and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy thing to the Lord.
24 (Lev 25:28) In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return
to the one from whom it was bought,
to him to whom the property of land belongs.
25 (Ex 30:13; Nu 3:47) All your estimations shall be according to the shekel
of the sanctuary: Twenty gerahs (About 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram.)
shall be one shekel.
26 (Ex 13:2; 13:12-13) A firstborn of animals, which as firstborn belongs
to the Lord, no man may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's.
27 If it is among the unclean animals, then he shall ransom it
at the equivalent value and shall add one-fifth to it,
but if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold at the equivalent value.
28 (Jos 6:17-19; Ex 22:20) Anything that a man shall devote to the Lord
from all that he has, whether human, animal, or land, shall not be sold
or redeemed. Every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
29 No one devoted of men, who shall be doomed to death,
shall be redeemed; he shall surely be put to death.
30 (Ge 28:22; 14:20) Any tithe of the land, whether seed of the land
or fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord. It is holy to the Lord.
31 If a man plans on redeeming some of his tithe,
he shall add one-fifth to it.
32 (Jer 33:13; Eze 20:37) Any tithe of herd or flock, all that passes
under the counting staff, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord.
33 (Lev 27:10) A person shall not differentiate between good or bad,
nor shall he make a substitute for it, but if he does,
then both it and its substitute shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.
34 (Lev 26:46) These are the commandments that the Lord commanded
Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.

Leviticus 27
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall
make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
[3] And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
[4] And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
[5] And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
[6] And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female
thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
[7] And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
[8] But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
[9] And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all
that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
[10] He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the
exchange thereof shall be holy.
[11] And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
[12] And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
[13] But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
[14] And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then
the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
[15] And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add
the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. [16] And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
[17] If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
[18] But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
[19] And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it
shall be assured to him.
[20] And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
[21] But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
[22] And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which
is not of the fields of his possession;
[23] Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day,
as a holy thing unto the LORD.
[24] In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it
was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
[25] And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the
sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
[26] Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling,
no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
[27] And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
[28] Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD
of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
[29] None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but
shall surely be put to death.
[30] And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of
the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
[31] And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add
thereto the fifth part thereof.
[32] And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
[33] He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change
it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
[34] These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

2) Our Daily Bread for 22 February 2025 titled <a href="https://www.odbm.org/ en/devotionals/devotional-category/schooled-in-love">Schooled in Love </a> by Patricia Raybon

1 John 4:16-21

16 (1Jn 3:24; 3:1) And we have come to know and to believe the love
that God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us, so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is, so are we
in this world.
18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Whoever fears is not perfect
in love.
19 (1Jn 4:10; Lk 7:47) We love Him because He first loved us.
20 (1Jn 2:4; 3:17) If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother,
he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen,
how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 (1Jn 3:11; Lev 19:18) We have this commandment from Him:
Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

[16] And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is
love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
[17] Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
[18] There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
[19] We love him, because he first loved us.
[20] If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he
hath not seen?
[21] And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Woody Cooper stood in the loud mob the day Dorothy Counts, a Black girl, enrolled in his all-White high school in North Carolina. Taunting her, some boys yelled racial slurs and threw trash at Dorothy, but Woody didn't rebuke them, even staying silent when a woman cried out, "Spit on her, girls!" He later asked himself, Why didn't you at least say something? She was just another student coming to school. Haunted for decades by his sin of omission, especially after seeing himself in a news photo from that day, Woody finally reached out to Dorothy forty-nine years later to apologise.

As Woody learned, showing love and support for another human being isn't just being brave; it's also making a choice to be like Jesus. John the apostle taught this lesson to churches burdened by false teaching about Christ
and His love.

"We love because He first loved us," John wrote. "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar" (1 John 4:19-20). John recalled this great command: "Anyone who loves God must
also love their brother and sister" (v. 21).

Woody and Dorothy reflected that love as they became close friends. They spoke at churches and schools together. On the night before he died, she came to see him. "I loved him," she said, "and I know that he loved me." That's the Jesus way. It can be our way too, as God brings us together in His transforming love.

Reflect & Pray

When did you fail to love like Christ? How can you better show His love?

Please guide me to love like You, Jesus.
<a href="https://www.odbm.org/en/discovery-series/ noah-hope-in-the-waters-of-remaking /the-failure-of-humanity-and-longing-for-redemption">
Are you longing for redemption?
Find out how Jesus is the answer by reading
The Failure of Humanity and Longing for Redemption.</a>

3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation

Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools

Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 1 A circle of Light

John 8:12

12 (Jn 12:35; Job 33:28; Isa 49:6)Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me
shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life."

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.

When Judy Garland stepped onstage, she filled the spotlight. Nothing was illuminated but her face, and as she sang, her listeners had a sense of being transported beyond themselves into the meaning of her song. The focus of reality, at that moment, was "Judy", and everything else faded into the dim recesses of the shadowed room. The spotlight brought her into sharp focus
as the center of attention, and all around her was darkness.
When the scriptures speaks of Jesus as "the light," the image is not
of thousands of blazing bulbs lighting up a football field for a night game. Rather, he is like a hand-help lamp that throws a circle of light in the immediate vicinity. such a lamp lights the path that a traveler will walk,
but lights it only one step at a time.
Jesus is the center of that circle of light. As we follow him, we share the light, but he is always at center. Jesus Christ is the focal point,
and everything else fades into dim gray by comparison.
If we are to keep our lives illuminated, to have his light falling upon the road we walk, we must stay close to him. Jesus does not hand the lamp
to us and suggest that we go the way he wants; he , the Light, leads,
and if we want to stay in the light, we follow.

Application

a) Have I ever tried to go my own way, apart from the Light?
What was the result?

b) How can this verse help me remember the importance of staying close
to Jesus?

4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland

2 Chr 31:21

21 And in every deed that he undertook in the service of the house
of God and with the law and commandment to seek out his God,
he did this with all his heart, and he found success.

21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house
of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God,
he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

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

God's Protection in Times of Trouble

Ps 27:1-6

PSALMS 27

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom will I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom will I be afraid?
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) When the wicked came against me
to eat my flesh -
my enemies and my foes -
they stumbled and fell.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Though an army should encamp against me,
my heart will not fear;
though war should rise against me,
in this will I be confident.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) One thing I have asked from the Lord,
that will I seek after -
for me to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to see the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in His temple.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) For in the time of trouble
He will hide me in His pavilion;
in the shelter of His tabernacle He will hide me;
He will set me up on a rock.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8 - 9) Now my head will be lifted up
above my enemies encircling me;
therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,
came upon me to eat up my flesh,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up,
Above mine enemies round about me:
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

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 2026 edition?)

Alberta

Quick facts on Muslims in Alberta

Alberta 2015 population 4121700

est Muslim Population 195240

CNMM Networks: Calgary and Edmonton

It is estimated that Calgary has 82000 Muslims and Edmonton another 50000 . Alberta may have a total as high as 195240 today.
Calgary is notable as the first Canadian city with a Muslim mayor. It's
become a prominent place of Islamic fundamentalism.
Edmonton's Muslim population is very diverse, with the largest group
coming from Tanzania, followed by Somalia, and then North African countries such as Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus! They overcome huge spiritual,
emotional and cultural hurdles to follow Christ. Yet their challenges still continue, especially in growing in discipleship. They often fell lost in our Western congregations, and equally lost trying to find a church body with whom they can identify. some are even being lured into Christian cult groups.

Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach. - for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.

Adding further

30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 2026
<a href="https://www.pray30days.org/2026/pray-for-the-amazigh">
Pray for the Amazigh </a>

The Amazigh are the indigenous peoples of North Africa, who have lived in the land thousands of years before the Arab migration that brought Islam to the region in the mid-7th century. Interestingly, it is likely that St. Augustine of Hippo was, himself, Amazigh.

In their language, Tamazight, Amazigh or Imazighen (plural)
means 'free people.' While they are often known as Berbers in the west, this term carries a negative connotation and is rejected by the Amazigh.

The Amazigh, like many indigenous peoples around the world, experience racism and degradation. They live on the margins of a society that is predominantly Arab. They have lighter skin and dress more colorfully than the majority.


Badida has experienced this rejection. She and her husband love Jesus and want to tell others about him. But instead of staying in their Amazigh community, they live and work among Arabs who take Islamic rules much more strictly. This means that their children are bullied at school. And when Badida goes for a walk, strangers shout insults at her.

But Badida is not intimidated. She treats those who look down on her with love and compassion. She tells others about Jesus, and many of them have since become her friends. She leads courses through which people can process their trauma and supplements this with pastoral care. She is a role model, both
for the Arabs and for other Amazigh believers, who are constantly amazed
by her courage and openness.
<a href="https://www.pray30days.org/2025/welcome-to-30-days-of-prayer-2026"> See also Welcome to 30 Days of Prayer 2026</a>

How to Pray

Pray for Badida and her family to know the care and comfort of the Lord as
they serve Him.

Pray for Gospel resources to be available in the various Tamazight
dialects, particularly audio resources.

Ask God to provide the resources so that radio broadcasts can reach
the Amazigh in the mountains where there is no cell phone signal.

Pray for many more Amazigh people to become Jesus-followers like Badida.

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

22 Day of the Month

a) Pray for the Province of Quebec

I) Pray for the leaders of Quebec,
that God's Spirit would influence
then to act justly,
serve with integrity
and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,
2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,
3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good
and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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

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

b) Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve
every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge
of God.

(

2 Cor 10: 3 - 5

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strongholds,
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,

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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;

)

8 ) Prayer and Fasting

When hunger Tunes the Heart

Intro

Scripture: Acts 13:2rCo3

2 (Ac 9:15; 2Ti 1:11) As they worshipped the Lord and fasted,
the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them."
3 (Ac 6:6; 14:26) Then after fasting and praying, they laid their hands
on them and sent them off.

[1] Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
[2] As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
[3] And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

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The church in Antioch was already healthy, diverse, and active. Leaders were teaching. Worship was happening. Ministry momentum was real. And yet - while they were fasting - the Holy Spirit spoke with clarity and authority.

This is the first thing to notice: fasting didn't create God's voice; it clarified it. And it wasn't a special event or emergency response. Fasting
was a way of life-woven into their normal rhythm of worship and devotion.
It was part of how they lived before God.

Scripture doesn't say the Spirit finally decided to speak once they were hungry. It says that in the posture of fasting, the church was attentive enough to hear what God was already eager to say.

And what did the Spirit say? Not a vague encouragementrCobut a clear calling: "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Direction. Assignment. Mission.

Fasting doesn't just sharpen spiritual hearing; it clarifies purpose. It aligns us with heaven's agenda rather than asking God to bless ours. In Antioch, fasting preceded commissioning. Surrender came before sending.

As we begin these 21 days of Prayer and Fasting, this is our posture: not striving to get God's attention, but intentionally giving Him ours.

So today, we ask together: Holy Spirit, speak clearly-shape who we are becoming, and direct us to those You are sending us to reach.

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Reflective Questions:

1. What am I holding onto that's keeping me from hearing God clearly?

2. Where is the Spirit nudging me to step, even if it feels
uncomfortable or risky?

Prayer Items:

Please pray for Our church body and the many changes we are going through ...

1. Grace in Transition

Pray that the church family would experience God's grace
and patience as we navigate changesrCostructural, relational,
or cultural-trusting His guidance even when the path feels
uncertain (Isaiah 43:19).

19 (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11) See, I will do a new thing,
now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.

[19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

2. Healing and Honouring Loss

Pray for hearts to grieve what has been lost-traditions, roles, or familiar rhythms - while finding comfort in God's presence, remembering that sorrow can coexist with hope and renewal (Psalm 34:18).

18 The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the contrite of spirit.

[18] The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such
as be of a contrite spirit.

3. Unity and Compassion Amid Change

Ask God to cultivate humility, empathy, and patience across the body,
helping members support one another, listen well, and resist division
or frustration during times of transition (Ephesians 4:2rCo3).

2 (Col 3:12-13; Ac 20:19) With all humility, meekness, and patience,
bearing with one another in love,
3 be eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

[2] With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one
another in love;
[3] Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4. Faith, Vision, and Surrender for the Future

Pray that we will hold firmly to God's promises, embracing His calling for the new season with courage and obedience. Ask Him to help us offer what He has already given us - resources, gifts, creativity, and energy - to accomplish His
purposes through these changes and the new work He is doing (Jeremiah 29:11).

11 (Ps 40:5; Jer 30:18-22) For I know the plans that I have for you,
says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.

[11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Author: Pastor Barry Regier, Lead Pastor at Calvary

Conclusion:

Pray to understand the structure of Prayer in the Kingdom of God.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know about the rewards of obedience
and disobedience and understand vows.

Pray to the Lord: "Please guide me to love like You, Jesus."

Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as light.

Pray to the Lord and pray to do your labour in the name of the Lord.

Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord your Salvation.

Please join us in praying for:
- The church to reach out to the growing Muslim populations in Alberta.
- for Canadian churches to start contextualised discipleship ministries to Muslim-background believers.
- for Muslm-background believers to be well grounded spiritually and socially
in their faith and the Church.
- and for Muslim-background believers to share their faith with their not-yet-believing family and friendship networks.
- for Farsi and Arabic fellowships to grow in spiritual maturity and outreach. - for current and new workers among Muslims in these growing Muslim
in these growing Muslim population centres.

Pray that the influence of the Holy Spirit would dissolve
every argument and pretension exalted against the knowledge
of God.

Pray for the physical/emotional healing of believers in Togo
who have been attacked for embracing 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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