Alive for a Purpose Deuteronomy 6:4-9 contains one of the most quoted passages in all of the Old Testament. Verse 5 shares the greatest Commandment. But what about the warnings of God found here? 1. Do not forget the Lord…(vs. 12) just like the Israelites, we are prone to forget about God in places where … Read More
Month: July 2014
Deuteronomy 6
The Greatest Commandment 6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, … Read More
Deuteronomy 5
The Ten Commandments 5 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with … Read More
Deuteronomy 4 Devotion
Now that the Israelites were ready to go into the Promise Land, Moses reminded them of their rebellion against God, the cycle they went through of rebellion, and the importance of their need to be obedient. It was important that they be reminded because if they forgot, it would be easy for them to repeat … Read More
Deuteronomy 4
Moses Commands Obedience 4 “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from … Read More
Deuteronomy 3 Devotion
Plant Seeds “Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you.” 3:22 Nelson Henderson said, “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” That’s what Moses was doing in today’s passage. An act of disobedience had disqualified him from … Read More
Deuteronomy 3
The Defeat of King Og 3 “Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people … Read More
Deuteronomy 2 Devotion
Our Part Remains Deuteronomy 2 brings a “bird’s-eye-view” of King Sihon’s defeat. Verse 24 popped out at me; “…See, I have given into your hand Sihon and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.” Ok, I read that and thought “Wait a minute, if God had given them land, … Read More
Deuteronomy 2
The Wilderness Years 2 “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. 2 Then the Lordsaid to me, 3 ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward 4 and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory ofyour brothers, … Read More
Deuteronomy 1
The Command to Leave Horeb 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir toKadesh-barnea. 3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, … Read More