Category: Book of Deuteronomy
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The Danger of Forgetting God
Scripture Focus “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill,…
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Oh, That They Had Such a Heart
Scripture Focus “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken. Oh that they had such a heart as…
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When the Image Replaces God
Scripture Focus “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure…” — Deuteronomy…
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Trained to Trust
Scripture Focus “Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people…
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When God’s Provision Looks Ordinary
Scripture Focus “You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink. For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great…
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So Close, Yet Unbelieving
Scripture Focus “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the…
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You Have Stayed Long Enough
Scripture Focus “The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey… See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to…
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How Did You Gain God’s Favor?
Scripture Focus “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.”— Deuteronomy 9:6 (ESV) Devotional Thought It is dangerously easy—even for sincere believers—to drift into thinking that God saved us because of something…
