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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Not by Bread Alone
June 30th, 2018 · No Comments
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This Seemed Like a Good Idea (not)
June 23rd, 2018 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 1:20-23 (New Living Translation) 20 I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the Lord our God is giving us. 21 Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don’t […]
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Curses for Disobedience—Confusion of Mind
June 17th, 2018 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 28:28 (English Standard Version) The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind In this section of the second giving of the law, God’s people are warned of the curses that will come from disobedience. This one strikes home–confusion of mind. My mother, following in the footsteps of her father […]
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A Languishing Soul
March 17th, 2018 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 28:65 (English Standard Version) And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul. God is telling His people what fate they will have if […]
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I am Safe (really?)
June 25th, 2017 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 29:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin! 20 The Lord will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn […]
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Life Without God—No Compassion
June 11th, 2017 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 28:54 (New Living Translation) The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children. God describes to His people life without God. The most tender, loving person among us will care nothing about his family—even his own children. “I’m first. Give me the […]
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Worship = Eating + Rejoicing
June 4th, 2017 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 12:4-7 (New Living Translation) “Do not worship the Lord your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods. 5 Rather, you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored. 6 There you will […]
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The Hornets from God
June 3rd, 2017 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 7:20 (English Standard Version) Moreover, the Lord your God will send hornets among them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you are destroyed. Jehovah, the God of the Israelites, is about punish their enemies. What does He do? Does he send mighty armies? Does He crush mighty barriers? No, He sends […]
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The Punishment of Dread
May 21st, 2017 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 11:25 (New Living Translation) No one will be able to stand against you, for the Lord your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land. God is promising His people safety as they move forward into a new land. God will cause […]
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My Life
May 15th, 2016 · No Comments
Deuteronomy 32:47 (New Living Translation) These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River. Moses has just completed giving God’s laws to His people. Moses concludes with a final exhortation, a final plea for […]
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