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Deuteronomy 30

4/8/2010

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 Deuteronomy 30:19-20 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses.  Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.  Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendents might live!  You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying Him, and committing yourself firmly to Him.  This is the key to your life.  And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

He has given us a choice also, His Son Jesus, we need to learn and live as He did loving the Father.  When we choose life we prove it by the way we live, striving to be like Christ and working hard to continually resemble Him.  You can’t do this without devoting yourself to Him by learning and growing and filling your heart with the Holy Spirit. 

In Luke 7:35 Jesus says, “But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”

Have you truly accepted Jesus and are you living a life that pleases God?  Or do you believe in Jesus and feel no change is needed? 

Look at Luke 7 verses 47-48 it is about the lady that came in and washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair and then put perfume on them.  “I tell you, her sins-and they are many- have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love.  But a person who is forgiven little shows little love.  Then Jesus said to the women, ‘Your sins are forgiven.”

Show your love and how much you truly are thankful to God by forgetting yourself and living a way that resembles Jesus.  When we realize how amazing Jesus is by taking our sins and taking the abuse He had to we can truly be free of our selfishness and seek the peace that he promises.  Really feeling in our hearts how incredible Christ is truly lets us understand being the hands and feet of Jesus.  Go in love and be a light.  Amen

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Deuteronomy 10

4/2/2010

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Deuteronomy 10:12-13 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you?  He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases Him, and love Him and serve Him with all your heart and soul.  And you must always obey the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.”

God gave Israel the laws for their own good and He gave us Jesus for our own good.  We need to do our best to learn and grow to be like Christ.  Gary Thomas made a statement in his book “The Beautiful Fight” that really made me think.  He said, “But grace doesn’t remove human effort, it focuses and empowers it.”

Paul says in Philippians chapter 2 at the end of verse 12 “…work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.”

We need to make sure when we accept Christ into our lives we really want to grow and learn because Paul says in Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”

Ask your self are you doing things that please Him or are you doing things to please you?  Gary Thomas makes another statement that is so true.  “When my faith can’t keep my marriage and other relationships together; when my belief doesn’t affect the way I speak, the way I care, the way I love – then, brothers and sisters, it’s not God’s fault; it’s mine.  It’s because I have not been willing to pay the cost of Christ likeness, the daily dying to myself and rising in Him so that I can truly live.”  Are we continuing to seek God and listen to the Holy Spirit or do we live to please the world?  Jesus is our example; listen to your heart and fully devote yourself to true Christ likeness.  Amen

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Deuteronomy 8

3/26/2010

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Deuteronomy 8:3 “Yes, He humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors.  He did it to teach you that people do not live on bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”

How well are we learning and living God’s word?  Do we even try to know it so we can live by His word?  We need to open it and realize it is not just a book of stories to keep us entertained; it is what we need to know to live as fully devoted followers of Jesus.  I believe He warns us about the American dream and how crazy our belief of more is better. 

In verses 10-14 it says, “When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land He has given to you.  But that is the time to be careful!  Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the Lord your God and disobey His commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.  For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in, and when your flocks and herds have become very large and your silver and gold have multiplied along with everything else, be careful!  Do not become proud at this time and forget the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.”

Remember all that we have as American’s and how easy it is for us to put God after all our stuff.  We need to put God first and be thankful that we were put here in America to spread the Good News about Jesus and live to honor God by our actions.

Think about what it says in Deuteronomy 8:18 “Remember the Lord your God.  He is the one who gives you power to be successful…”  Amen

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Deuteronomy 4

3/25/2010

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Deuteronomy 4:7-8 “For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on Him?  And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fit as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?”

I look at that and say how amazing, we have a God who loves us so much He gave His only Son to die for our sin.  When we accept Him and learn to live to be like Him we show God how much we love Him.  Nothing should be more important to us than that.

In Deuteronomy 5:7 we are told the; “You must not have any other God but Me.” 

Not money, a spouse, children, or our possessions, nothing can come before God.  I love in Deuteronomy 6 verses 4-6 it says, “Listen, O Israel!  The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.  And you must commit yourself wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.”

That is going to take some work on our part, but how amazing life is when we are living in the Spirit.  God was so serious that He gave His Son, He keeps telling the Israelites to remember How He recued them out of Egypt.  We need to remember how He gave His Son so we can learn from it and use it to help us with our lives.  We need to ask, seek and knock so we can understand as much as He wants us to. 

We are told in Deuteronomy 6:20 “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey?   

We can tie it into the New Covenant and say with passion and excitement what Jesus did for us and how amazing God is.  We should love God so much that we wholeheartedly accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and be His hands and feet.  I am too tired or busy should never come out of our mouths.  Having a relationship with Him and growing everyday should be our number one priority, it shouldn’t be a job to fit God in it should be what we love to do.  Amen   

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