#deuteronomy 11

[quotesfromscripture]

Every place on which you set foot shall be yours; your territory shall extend from the wilderness to the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the Western Sea. No one will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, as he promised you.

Deuteronomy 11:24-25 NRSV (1989)

[southerly-styled]

Scripture Journal | Day 47

You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him, then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and mightier than yourselves. 

Deuteronomy 11:18-23

[quotesfromscripture]

If you will diligently observe this commandment that I am commanding you, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him, then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and mightier than yourselves.

Deuteronomy 11:22-23 NRSV (1989)

[quotesfromscripture]

Seal of God

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” 

- Deuteronomy 11:18-21 KJV (2021)

[southerly-styled]

Scripture Journal | Day 46

If you will only heed his every commandment that I am commanding to you today- loving the Lord your God, and serving him with all your heart and all your soul- then he will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, and you will gather your grain, your wine, and your oil; and he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat your fill.

Deuteronomy 11:13-15 

[one-bible-chapter-a-day]

Deuteronomy 11

“You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. 2 And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline[a] of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, 3 his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land, 4 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day, 5 and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place, 6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel. 7 For your eyes have seen all the great work of the LORD that he did.

8 “You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess, 9 and that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it,[b] like a garden of vegetables. 11 But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, 12 a land that the LORD your God cares for. The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

13 “And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 he[c] will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. 15 And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. 16 Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; 17 then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the LORD is giving you.

18 “You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth. 22 For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him, 23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. 24 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours. Your territory shall be from the wilderness to[d] the Lebanon, and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea. 25 No one shall be able to stand against you. The LORD your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread, as he promised you.

26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known. 29 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak[e] of Moreh? 31 For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it, 32 you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.

Footnotes a. Deuteronomy 11:2 Or 'instruction' b. Deuteronomy 11:10 Hebrew 'watered it with your feet' c. Deuteronomy 11:14 Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew 'I;' also verse 15 d. Deuteronomy 11:24 Hebrew 'and' e. Deuteronomy 11:30 Septuagint, Syriac; see Genesis 12:6. Hebrew 'oaks,' or 'terebinths'

[biblebloodhound]

Leave a Supportive Spiritual Legacy (Deuteronomy 11:18-21)

Passing the spiritual baton and leaving a heritage for future generations is a sacred trust.

 “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you…

View On WordPress

[s-o-a-p-ing]

DEUTERONOMY S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 11

Tuesday, 4/11/23

SCRIPTURE:

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.   ~ Deuteronomy 11:16

OBSERVATION:

Other gods these days aren't necessarily wood or stone or metal...

Sometimes it's been 

...my job... 

or family... 

or hobbies... 

or reputation...  

...and as I've realized during our move[s] these past months, hoarded junk collected over the years...

And worshipping them hasn't always been bowing down before them...

Just giving them my first (and second - and third), thoughts (and worries), can be distraction enough from worshipping Him...

...and sacrificing - Time and money, of course - to/for Him...

But what about relationships - with God and family and friends?

"Pagan rituals" and "idol worship" (idle worship?)  can sometimes be as simple as bad habits that entice me to turn away from the true worship of and bowing down to Him...

APPLICATION:

Be careful...

Love the Lord...

...keep His requirements, His decrees, His laws and His commands

...always. ~ Deuteronomy 11:1

PRAYER:

Father God - I freely confess to being enticed by my own selfish wants and desires - by the things I have accumulated or find interesting or distracting - I ask forgiveness for the time I've not turned to You when faced with the choice of first things - and give thanks for Your Holy Spirit Who reminds me to always love You and keep Your requirements, decrees, laws, and commands, in the way Jesus taught by surrendering His will and wants to Your perfect will for His life - and for mine... In His Name, Father, and for Your worship and praise and glory in all things in my life...

As always, His always, in all ways...

g

<))><