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Our scripture this morning is Joshua 1:9 (ESV). Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. The people have heard God’s call to be strong and courageous twice before, in Deuteronomy 1:21 and 31:8. …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 34:5-6 (ESV). So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day. …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV). And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but 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. Moses continues his recap …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 8:11 (ESV). Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today Moses warns the people about letting their relationship with God fade when things are good. They praised God as He led them …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (ESV). Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Some people call this passage the John 3:16 of the Old Testament. It reminded the …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 5:2-3 (ESV). The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. Moses begins a “re-giving” of the Ten Commandments in this chapter. He reminds the people …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 4:1 (ESV). And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Translators have used a …
Our scripture this morning is Deuteronomy 1:8 (ESV). 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 Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them. Today we begin to explore Deuteronomy, the …
Our scripture today is Numbers 34:1-2 (NET). Then the Lord spoke to Moses: “Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders… In these verses God shares with His people the borders He …
Our scripture this morning is Numbers 33:1 (NET). These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron. This chapter details the path of wandering in the desert. Repeating their history was important to the people for several reasons. As …