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Christian Devotional – April 8, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 24 VERSE: Deuteronomy 24:16–Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. TRUTH: Sometimes we can be deceived into thinking that we should be punished for the horrible things our parents or our children or other family members do. However, God does not hold us accountable for the sinful choices that others make. We are only responsible for the sinful choices that we make. RESPONSE: Father, I will remember that each person is accountable to You for his or her own sin. I am responsible for the poor choices that…
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Christian Devotional – April 7, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 23 VERSE: Deuteronomy 23:21–If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your god will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. TRUTH: Do we make promises to God? More importantly, do we keep them? God wants us to know what an important and binding thing it is to make that vow to God. It is a sin to make a vow and not keep it. RESPONSE: Father, I will do what I’ve promises You that I will do. You are worthy and I will not make a hasty vow. I…
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Christian Devotional – April 6, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 22 VERSE: Deuteronomy 22:1–If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it, but be sure to take it back to its owner. TRUTH: “Finders Keepers” has been a popular phrase. However, that’s not what God teaches here. If we happen to find something and we know who owns it, we are to keep it safe and return it. Do we follow through with that or seek to keep things for ourselves? RESPONSE: Father, You see what we do. Help me to have a generous and giving spirit that loves You and shows that love by how I treat other people’s things. I…
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Christian Devotional – April 5, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 21 VERSE: Deuteronomy 21:8a–Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord. TRUTH: Even when the people didn’t know exactly who was responsible for the sin, they were still to offer atonement for that sin through a sacrifice. The people would pray and ask God to accept this atonement. Sin is sin. Do we acknowledge that every sin is still a sin? We must come to God with every single sin and ask for His forgiveness. He is the only one who can redeem us. RESPONSE: Father, I will bring all sins before and will ask for Your cleansing power to redeem every sin. I love You and will acknowledge…
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Christian Devotional – April 4, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 20 VERSE: Deuteronomy 20:8–Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.” TRUTH: Our attitude affects those around us. If we are downcast and afraid, others around us will be able to tell and may start to feel the same way as well. Would we want others around us to mimic our attitude? Does our attitude reflect our faith and trust in God or not? RESPONSE: Father, give me an attitude that is a reflection of You so that I may be a part of Your work and also encourage others to…
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Christian Devotional – April 3, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 19 VERSE: Deuteronomy 19:15–One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. TRUTH: God established the justice system in such a way that a person couldn’t be convicted based on just one witness alone. This was to keep people from just lying about a situation or preventing a “he said, she said” situation. When we are making decisions, do we get the opinion of multiple Godly people? Having a couple of people give their advice or their opinion helps to keep our perspective where it…
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Christian Devotional – April 2, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 18 VERSE: Deuteronomy 18:2–They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them. TRUTH: I wonder if the Levites ever felt that they were left out? After all, they had nothing tangible to show for their inheritance in the promised land. They received no land and no territory of their own. Their inheritance was to be the Lord, Himself. Would we rejoice in knowing that we would receive nothing more or less than the intimate knowledge of the Creator of the universe? That privilege is truly the most valuable thing that we could ever be given. We have that…
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Christian Devotional – April 1, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 17 VERSE: Deuteronomy 17:19–It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees. TRUTH: The king of the Israelite people was to be an expert in God’s law. He was to write his own copy of that law and have it with him everywhere he went. As a person who regularly enforced God’s law, he had to know it and understand it and live it out in his own life. How can we hope to keep…
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Christian Devotional – March 31, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 16 VERSE: Deuteronomy 16:17–Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you. TRUTH: When the people came together for the worship times and celebration times, they were to bring a gift to the Lord. It was to be a gift that was in proportion to how God has blessed them. Do we come to worship with a gift to the Lord? Is that gift proportional to the blessings we have received? What do we need to bring to sacrifice before the Lord today? RESPONSE: Father, As I go about worshipping You today, I will be sure to…
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Christian Devotional – March 30, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 15 VERSE: Deuteronomy 15:10–Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. TRUTH: When people in need come to us for help with material or financial burdens, how do we respond? Do we seek to give generously to them whether we think they will pay us back on not? Do we only give the bare minimum to ease our conscience or would we be accused of giving generously? God desires that we give to others in this way and He even promises…