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For Someone Else

June 6th, 2020 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 24:19 (New Living Translation) When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all you do. These sentences are the start of […]

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They Know God, Too

March 1st, 2020 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 29:24-25 (New Living Translation) 24 And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’ 25 And the answer will be, ‘This happened because the people of the land abandoned the covenant that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, made with them […]

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Unbearable Curse

February 29th, 2020 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 28:30 (New Living Translation) You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her… This is one of the curses promised to the people if they did not obey God’s commandments. Some 36 years ago I became engaged to be married to the woman who has been my wife for […]

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Seemed Like a Good Idea

February 23rd, 2020 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 1:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 “But you all came to me and said, ‘First, let’s send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.’ 23 “This seemed like a good idea to me… Moses is telling a new […]

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So Near

September 8th, 2019 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 4:7 (New Living Translation) For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him? The nations who lived around God’s people had gods. Go to the capitol city, go to the high point in the city, and there you […]

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Decrees and Regulations

September 1st, 2019 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 4:8 (New Living Translation) And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today? God gave His people decrees and regulations that were amazing. How are they described? Progressive? Fundamental? Prosperous? What? Righteous. Fair. Hmmm. Are we missing something today? Probably.

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Wise and Prudent

August 17th, 2019 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 4:6 (New Living Translation) Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’ Moses is giving the people the instructions provided by God. This is the old law. […]

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Choose Love and Life

March 17th, 2019 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by […]

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Rejoice in Your Offerings

July 7th, 2018 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 12:6-7 (New Living Translation) 6 There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. 7 There you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord […]

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Not by Bread Alone

June 30th, 2018 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 8:3 (New Living Translation) Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of […]

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