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Unnatural Causes

June 15th, 2014 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 2:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 “Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen. 15 The Lord struck them down until they had all […]

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God’s Decision

June 8th, 2014 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 1:16-17  (New Living Translation) 16 “At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions 17 and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. […]

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Consume What You Give to God

June 2nd, 2013 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 14:22-23 (New Living Translation) 22 “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year. 23 Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your […]

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So No One Will Act So Wickedly Again

June 1st, 2013 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 13:6-11 (New Living Translation) 6 “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known. 7 They might suggest that you worship the gods of peoples who live nearby or who […]

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Not on Bread Alone

May 26th, 2013 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 8:1-5 (New Living Translation) Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling […]

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Detest The Idol

March 30th, 2013 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 7:25-26 (New Living Translation) 25 “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring any detestable objects into […]

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How to be a King

February 17th, 2013 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (New Living Translation) 4 “You are about to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think, ‘We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.’ 15 If this happens, be sure to select as king the man […]

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Wandering for 40 Years

March 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 1:1-3 (New Living Translation) 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other. 2 Normally it […]

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The Book of Instruction

March 17th, 2012 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 31:12 New International Version – Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. New Living Translation – Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they […]

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Destruction as a Lesson

March 11th, 2012 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 8:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 “But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed. 20 Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to […]

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