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Entries Tagged as 'Deuteronomy'

The Curse of the Anxious Mind

March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 28 (New International Version) 58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God-… 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations…65 There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, […]

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Tags: Deuteronomy · Luke · New Testament · Old Testament · Philippians

Wishing Away My Life

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 28:67 (New International Version) In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”-because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. This passage speaks about the calamities that will come to God’s people if they fail […]

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Tags: Deuteronomy · Old Testament

Pride and Forgetfulness

January 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 8:10-14 (New International Version) 10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. […]

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Tags: Deuteronomy · Old Testament

Impress Them on Your Children

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Print this page Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (New International Version) 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. A recent series […]

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Tags: Deuteronomy · Old Testament

Be Joyful

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Deuteronomy 16:14 (New International Version) Be joyful at your Feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. This verse is found in a passage in which God’s people are told about the three main feasts or festivals they were […]

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Tags: Deuteronomy · joy · Old Testament