Love the Lord Your God

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Love the Lord Your God

Date: Mar. 10, 2017

Passage

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 (ESV)

1 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 6:5

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

1. That you may increase greatly (1-3)

The Lord gave the people of Israel his commands before they entered the land of promise. He did this out of his great love for them. He wanted everything to go well for them. He wanted them to have the joy of life. He wanted to pour out his bountiful love and provision for them, and for them to increase greatly. His best love is the gift of his word. Apart from our God and his love, we can't enjoy his abundant provision, even in a land flowing with milk and honey.

2. With all your heart (4-9)

The Lord is one. There is only one God, the Lord, who created his people and called them by his name. He gave the Law to his people so that they may know his love. And he commanded his people to love him with everything they had. The practice of obedience is how we practice love for God. It is a matter of heart. When God's word is in our hearts, we can begin to learn his nature and character. When his word is the guide of our entire life, he becomes our one desire, and we have life, in perfect unity with him.

Prayer: Lord, how easily I stray from seeking you. Heal my heart so that I may practice love with everything I have, until you are all I desire.

One Word: Love the Lord your God

The Consequences of Deception

Genesis 27:30-46

Key Verse: 27:33

Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

Today's Question

What does the eighth commandment forbid?

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