FEBRUARY 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. The Bible clearly states that God will never tempt us to sin. On the other hand, the […]
FEBRUARY 11, 2023 Deuteronomy 8:1 Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. There is concept taught in Judaism that says, “Liberty without law is lawlessness.” In other words, the freedom that came as […]
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:25-26 You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. […]
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:22-23 And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little; you will be unable to destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed. Everything God does, […]
FEBRUARY 8, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you. When Moses spoke these words, it was to a generation born of those who did not heed the message. By that I mean that Israel traversed a vast wilderness, for forty years, because they […]
FEBRUARY 7, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:17-18 If you should say in your heart, “These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?” — you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. It is an unfortunate truth, but throughout Israel’s existence, they have […]
FEBRUARY 6, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:16 Also, you shall destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you. This verse uses some pretty strong language in regard to the enemies of Israel — they were to […]
FEBRUARY 5, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. Sickness, as we know, is an unfortunate consequence of sin. All of us suffer […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:13 He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. In an agrarian […]
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:12-13 Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. As we shared in the previous devotion, […]
JANUARY 28, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:1-2 When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, … seven nations greater and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. Though the inhabitants were greater in number and mightier in […]
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Deuteronomy 7:7-8 The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you. The Hebrew word that is typically translated as “love” is ahavah. However, that is not the word used when the text says […]