Deuteronomy 27 Devotion

August 25, 2014Pastor's Blog

Power In Words Deuteronomy 27:9-16 Police officers, secret-service agents, and soldiers make oaths that they will put their lives on the line, if necessary. Losing one’s life in the course of such duty is honorable, but it’s painful for those who remain behind. In today’s passage, Moses teaches Israel to put its life on the … Read More

Deuteronomy 27

August 25, 2014Daily Reading

The Altar on Mount Ebal 27 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today. 2 And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. 3 And you shall write … Read More

Deuteronomy 26

August 23, 2014Daily Reading

Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes 26 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, … Read More

Deuteronomy 26 Devotion

August 23, 2014Pastor's Blog

In Deuteronomy 26 we get a glimpse of God’s perspective on the tithe. He reminds Israel that everything they produce ultimately comes from Him. And it’s the same today; God asks for a tenth of our income, but in truth ALL that we have comes from His loving hand. We give 10% and get to … Read More

Deuteronomy 25

August 22, 2014Daily Reading

25 “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, 2 then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3 Forty … Read More

Deuteronomy 25 Devotion

August 22, 2014Pastor's Blog

It seems the entire nation of the Amalek, or the Amalekites, were deceitful. They knew they could never successfully bring an attack against God’s people, so instead they attacked those who were lagging behind. They tried to steal from the stragglers, the very young and the aged who lacked the strength to keep up during … Read More

Deuteronomy 24 Devotion

August 21, 2014Pastor's Blog

Seeking to Love Biblically What you won’t find in Deuteronomy 24 are rules for daily living today. However, there are healthy principles found here for building relational health in the body of Christ. Consider the following samples: Vs. 1-5- This law kept the ex-husband from taking advantage of his former spouse through remarriage. See Jesus’s … Read More

Deuteronomy 24

August 21, 2014Daily Reading

Laws Concerning Divorce 24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his … Read More

Deuteronomy 23 Devotion

August 20, 2014Pastor's Blog

“However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.’” Deuteronomy 23:5 How many times have you been saved by God’s extraordinary love where He turned a curse into a blessing? Today’s chapter reminds me that we can never … Read More

Deuteronomy 23

August 20, 2014Daily Reading

Those Excluded from the Assembly 23 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord. 2 “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord. 3 “No Ammonite or … Read More