Good Word for Today!

The Lord Be With You Today! Deuteronomy 6:13 Fear the Lord your God, serve Him only (The Lord's sovereign standing creates a demand on us, a demand that we worship Him and Him alone. We fear the Lord by revering Him, by honoring Him, by obeying Him, by being faithful to Him, by serving Him, by acknowledging that He alone is Lord and God by worshiping Him and only Him. The Lord tells us the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Putting Him first and acknowledging Him as Lord is the foundation of real wisdom and clear judgment.) and take your oaths in His Name. (Swearing by His Name involves the way we live our lives. An acknowledgement that the Lord is God and He alone means that our lives reflect our commitment to Him and His Name. Then, our lives will not reflect the values and standards of idols, but will only mirror the One God Whom we serve and Whom we acknowledge as Lord. Through the words we speak and the things we do, we confess His Lordship and our devotion to Him. Through our belief in God, which is the oath we take in His Name, we live a life pleasing and acceptable to the Lord for others to see and that points observers of our lives directly to the Lord Who is Lord of our lives.) May the Lord richly bless you this day! In Christ's love, Blessings! Sally 513 254 3874

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Good Word for Today!

The Lord Be With You Today! Deuteronomy 6:10-12 When the Lord your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you— (Before the Lord leads His people into the Promised Land now lying close before them, He reminds them that He had earlier given this land to their forefathers centuries before, a testament to them and to us today that when the Lord makes a vow to us He fulfills it, that His seeming delay never means neglect or negligence or lack of timing or tardiness.) a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant— then when you eat and are satisfied, (Moreover, not only does the Lord promise us a home of our own, a life centered in Him and delivered from a life of sin, but He also gives us special blessings within this land. He gives us favor and blessings that we have not, cannot, earn. He causes us to receive benefits for which we did not work or deserve. He shows us His favor is not fair. In fact, it is partial highly biased toward us.) be careful that you do not forget the Lord, Who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. (Above all, wherever we are, however we are blessed, our directive from the Lord Himself is that we not forget Him, that we not forget the deliverance He has provided each of us when He set us free from the captivity of sin and of bondage.) May the Lord richly bless you this day! In Christ's love, Blessings! Sally 513 254 3874

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Good Word for Today!

The Lord Be With You Today! Deuteronomy 6:7b-9 Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (These verses end what Jews today refer to as the Shema, Moses' word from God for His people to hear the Lord's call to them. These directives give us very practical instruction on how we can best prioritize our relationship with Him, how we can best hear the Lord and obey Him. The Lord says we are to focus on His Word in which He gives clear parameters and directives for us, in which He sets guidelines that impact the whole of our life's activities, in our casual and private moments, in our activities and interactions outside our home, and in our last thoughts at the close of our day, as well as the first focus at the beginning of the day.) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. (These instructions and requirements of the Lord need to guide us as we perform the work of our hands, as we fulfill our day's activities. Not only are we to allow these words to guide us throughout our day's endeavors, but the Lord calls us to make sure His instructions consume our thoughts and fill our minds as we function throughout the pursuit of our day.) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Finally, this Shema call to hear ends with the final instruction to make His ways, His requirements, known to the world by making our lives such a reflection of the Lord that we announce to the world that our lives and our homes are places that center on the Lord. Our public posting, our public image, of where we stand regarding the Lord is also a clear reminder to us that we need to lead authentic and true lives before others that reflect our commitment to the Lord.) May the Lord richly bless you this day! In Christ's love, Blessings! Sally 513 254 3874

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