Category: Deuteronomy
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Hills and valleys
Deuteronomy 11:11-12 “But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the…
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The incredible mercy of God!
Deuteronomy 9:6-7 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of…
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The purpose of it all
Deuteronomy 8:11 “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God” Do you ever wonder why you were born? What, ultimately, was the purpose in it? Are we here as a result of biology alone? Are we simply the result of a relationship between our parents but nothing more? Are we just a result of…
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The road to humility
Deuteronomy 8:2-3 “And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor…
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Abominations!
Deuteronomy 7:26 “And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.” There are certain words that are common in biblical language but that we almost never hear today. One of them is the word…
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Teaching our children
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” The Word of God should always be…