Post by Woody Williams on Oct 25, 2024 7:37:16 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Deuteronomy 10:10-22
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I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to me. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. The LORD said to me, 'Get up, go on your journey at the head of the people, that they may go in and occupy the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.'
So now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? Only to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well- being. Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it, yet the LORD set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today. Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the LORD your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear. He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen. Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.
Devotional
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God is not ashamed or embarrassed to say, "I love you." God said it way back in Moses' time. God said it through Jesus. God says it to you today. God's call to worship and service is not saying anything other than "I love you." God's "I love you" includes worshiping God alone and obeying God's teachings. You will have life for yourself as you give yourself to God. You will be able to give life and love to others out of your relationship with God. Think again about the meaning of God's "I love you" for you.
Prayer
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Thank you, Lord, for continuing your "I love you" to me. Amen
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I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to me. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. The LORD said to me, 'Get up, go on your journey at the head of the people, that they may go in and occupy the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.'
So now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? Only to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well- being. Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth with all that is in it, yet the LORD set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today. Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the LORD your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear. He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen. Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven.
Devotional
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God is not ashamed or embarrassed to say, "I love you." God said it way back in Moses' time. God said it through Jesus. God says it to you today. God's call to worship and service is not saying anything other than "I love you." God's "I love you" includes worshiping God alone and obeying God's teachings. You will have life for yourself as you give yourself to God. You will be able to give life and love to others out of your relationship with God. Think again about the meaning of God's "I love you" for you.
Prayer
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Thank you, Lord, for continuing your "I love you" to me. Amen