JUNE 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:11 So, you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. Have you ever wondered why Paul felt it necessary to say that God loves a “cheerful giver”? In other words, it seems self-evident that a loving […]
JUNE 11, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:8 So, the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. In keeping with the theme developed in the previous devotions, in this verse Moses reminds us of what God did that allowed His people to stand before the LORD […]
JUNE 10, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:5 And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” As I mentioned in the previous devotion, some translations render this verse to say, “My father was a wandering Aramean.” The […]
JUNE 9, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:5 And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” In the previous devotion we highlighted the fact that our Heavenly Father keeps His promises to His people, even though, sometimes […]
JUNE 8, 2023 Deuteronomy 26:1-2 And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your […]
JUNE 7, 2023 Deuteronomy 25:13-15 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure. Justice and honesty are crucial for the stability of the […]
JUNE 5, 2023 Deuteronomy 25:2-3 It shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many […]
JUNE 4, 2023 Deuteronomy 25:1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked … As long as I’ve been alive and involved with ministry, the word judgment has always conjured up negative thoughts and themes. By that I mean, when we […]
JUNE 3, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:19-20 When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your […]
JUNE 2, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. In some ancient cultures, if a person was convicted of a criminal offense, his family might be subjected to a degree of suffering […]
JUNE 1, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:10-12 When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. Throughout the Scripture, regard for our fellow man […]
MAY 31, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house … Divorce is an uncomfortable subject to […]