Deuteronomy 30-32 You might recall that on February 6 I said we should remember Leviticus 26 as we move forward through the Scriptures. Our readings yesterday and today echo the same message, with blessings for following the LORD and curses for turning away from Him. Let’s keep these blessings and curses in mind as we …
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March 1 / Deuteronomy 28-29
Deuteronomy 28-29 And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey …
March 2023 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Mar Deuteronomy 28-29 97 02-Mar Deuteronomy 30-32 102 03-Mar Deuteronomy 33-34; Psalm 90 58 04-Mar Joshua 1-5 98 05-Mar Joshua 6-8 88 06-Mar Joshua 9-11 93 07-Mar Joshua 12-14 72 08-Mar Joshua 15-17 91 09-Mar Joshua 18-19 79 10-Mar Joshua 20-22 88 11-Mar Joshua 23-24 49 12-Mar Judges 1-3:6 65 13-Mar Judges …
February 28 / Deuteronomy 24-27
Deuteronomy 24-27 You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. Deuteronomy 25:4 I hope we all know that we are not now bound by the letter of all these laws. First of all, I am guessing that most of us are not descendants of Israel, and so are not really …
February 27 / Deuteronomy 21-23
Deuteronomy 21-23 So you shall purge the evil from your midst… Deuteronomy 21:21b This is an oft-repeated refrain in Deuteronomy. (See Dt. 13:5; 17:7,12; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7; as well as 1 Corinthians 5:13.) Maybe we should pay attention. It would be easy for us to get side-tracked here (again!) by our own discomfort over these statements. We think …
February 26 / Deuteronomy 16:18-20:20
Deuteronomy 16:18-20:20 You shall appoint judges and officers …, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Justice, and only justice, …
February 25 / Deuteronomy 12:29-16:17
Deuteronomy 12:29-16:17 Today Moses sets forth a zero-tolerance policy against idolatry: Why such intolerance? Because the LORD loves His people. He desires to bless them. He desires that they have life. And life is found in relationship with Him. The greatest blessing anyone can have is the LORD Himself. Therefore, anything that gets in the …
February 24 / Deuteronomy 9-12:28
Deuteronomy 9-12:28 Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, “It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,” … Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their …
February 23 / Deuteronomy 5-8
Deuteronomy 5-8 With four chapters in today’s reading, there is quite a lot that we could talk about. But I would be remiss not to focus on the Greatest Commandment, upon which everything else depends: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your …
February 22 / Deuteronomy 3-4
Deuteronomy 3-4 Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. Deuteronomy 4:39 There are any number of things we can learn as we read through the Scriptures. We can be fascinated by ancient history and cultures. We …