Deuteronomy 6<\/b><\/p>\n
The Home<\/p>\n
Your home is the number one influence in the life of your child. They average church has a child 1% of his time, the home has him 83% of his time and the school for the remaining 16%. This does not minimize the need for churches and schools, but it establishes the fact your home is 83% of your child\u2019s world and you have only one time around to make it of maximum benefit. <\/p>\n
Dr. Howard Hendricks<\/p>\n
Responsibility to Teach Children<\/p>\n
On three separate occasions, God told parents in Israel how to answer the serious questions of their sons and daughters (see Exodus 13:14, Deuteronomy 6:20, and Joshua 4:6, 21). This would indicate that God wants us to take the time to answer our children when they ask us about spiritual matters. How we respond can either greatly help or terribly discourage them.<\/p>\n
Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy told of an aunt who hurt him deeply when she didn\u2019t take time to answer some questions that were troubling him. She stirred his emotions by telling him of Jesus\u2019 crucifixion, but when he cried out, \u201cAuntie, why did they torture Him?\u201d she said simply, \u201cThey were wicked.\u201d \u201cBut wasn\u2019t He God?\u201d Tolstoy asked. Instead of explaining that Jesus was indeed God, that He had become a man so He could die for our sins, she said, \u201cBe still\u2014it is 9 o\u2019clock!\u201d When he persisted, she retorted, \u201c\u201cBe quiet, I say, I\u2019m going to the dining room to have tea.\u201d This left young Tolstoy greatly agitated. <\/p>\n
Commenting on this scene, Calvin Miller said, \u201cTolstoy found it incomprehensible that Christ had been brutalized and his aunt was not interested enough to stay a little past tea time and talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do we allow our own interests\u2014a television program, a sporting event, a hobby\u2014to keep us from taking time to listen, admonish, and instruct our children, or anyone who may ask us about God? If we pause long enough to explain His truth, He will use it to change lives. -H.V.L.<\/p>\n
Lord, teach me how to love and live That I may cheer each heart, And to my fellowman in need Some blessing rich impart.<\/p>\n
– Anon.<\/p>\n
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, for all the people you can, while you can.<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, Monday, November 25.<\/p>\n
Forgotten Wife<\/p>\n
After stopping for gas in Montgomery, Alabama, Sam drove more than 5 hours before noticing he had left someone behind\u2014his wife. So at the next town he asked the police to help get him in touch with her. Then Sam called his wife to tell her he was on his way back. He admitted with great embarrassment that he just hadn\u2019t noticed her absence.<\/p>\n
How Sam could forget his wife is beyond me. But wait! We\u2019re not much different in our relationship to God. We actually fail to remember the One who created us and redeemed us. How is this possible? I don\u2019t know. But we do forget. And it\u2019s a constant struggle not to.<\/p>\n
Man\u2019s short attention span is no surprise to God. Speaking to Israel, He offered solutions in Deuteronomy 6. First, know the real issues of life and keep priorities straight (vv. 4, 5). Second, take the Scriptures seriously. Become so familiar with them that they are a part of what you think and feel and do (v. 6). Third, talk about God to your children, and look for opportunities to tell them of His love (v. 7). Fourth, write reminders to yourself and put them where they can be easily seen (vv. 8, 9). Fifth, realize that your need for God is not limited to times of obvious stress or danger. Enjoy with gratitude whatever health and happiness you have (vv. 10, 11).<\/p>\n
Can we put God out of our mind? I\u2019m afraid so. That\u2019s why we must acknowledge and obey Him continually. It\u2019s the only way of keeping Him in mind. -M.R.D.II<\/p>\n
King of my life I crown Thee now\u2014 Thine shall the glory be; Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow, Lead me to Calvary. – <\/p>\n
– Hussey<\/p>\n
Backsliding begins when knee-bending stops.<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, Monday, February 24.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:1-24<\/b><\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Strong Family, Bible Study Guide by C. Swindoll, p. 1<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:4<\/b><\/p>\n
Monotheism<\/p>\n
\u201cHear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD\u201d (Deuteronomy 6:4).<\/p>\n
This great verse has been recited countless times by Israelites down through the centuries, setting forth their distinctive belief in one great Creator God. The Jews had retained their original belief in creation, handed down from Noah, while the other nations had all allowed their primitive monotheistic creationism to degenerate into a wide variety of religions, all basically equivalent to the polytheistic evolutionism of the early Sumerians at Babel.<\/p>\n
But along with its strong assertion of monotheism, there is also a very real suggestion that this declaration, with its thrice-named subject, is also setting forth the Triune God. The name, \u201cLORD,\u201d of course, is Yahweh, or Jehovah, the self-existing One who reveals Himself, while \u201cGod\u201d is Elohim, the powerful Creator\/Ruler. \u201cJehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah\u201d is the proclamation. A number of respected Jewish commentators have acknowledged that the verse spoke of a \u201cunified oneness,\u201d rather than an \u201cabsolute oneness.\u201d The revered book, called the Zohar, for example, even said that the first mention was of the Father, the second one the Messiah; and the third, the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
The key word \u201cone\u201d (Hebrew achad) is often used to denote unity in diversity. For example, when Eve was united to Adam in marriage, they were said to be \u201cone flesh\u201d (Genesis 2:24). Similarly, on the third day of creation, the waters were \u201cgathered together unto one place,\u201d yet this gathering together was called \u201cSeas\u201d (Genesis 1:9, 10).<\/p>\n
Thus Israel\u2019s great declaration should really be understood as saying in effect: The eternally omnipresent Father, also Creator and sustainer of all things, is our unified self-revealing Lord.\u201d -HMM<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, Saturday, July 11.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:4-9<\/b><\/p>\n
Weeds<\/p>\n
British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his somewhat neglected garden. \u201cDo you call this a garden?\u201d the visitor exclaimed. \u201cThere are nothing but weeds here!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you see,\u201d Coleridge replied, \u201cI did not wish to infringe upon the liberty of the garden in any way. I was just giving the garden a chance to express itself.\u201d <\/p>\n
Our Daily Walk, March 28, 1992<\/p>\n
The Essence of Family Life<\/p>\n
If I had just one sentence of advice to offer parents, I\u2019d encourage them to drench their minds with Deuteronomy 6:4\u20139. I really think that\u2019s the essence of what family life is all about. First, the principle of instruction\u2014you talk about it, you teach it. And finally the principle of involvement\u2014you encourage children to apply it in their thinking and behavior. <\/p>\n
Howard Hendricks<\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 On the most important word in the Shema, J Janzen, The Best in Theology, Vol. 3, pp. 21ff<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:6<\/b><\/p>\n
Ernest Hemingway<\/p>\n
Ernest Hemingway, the literary genius, said of his life: \u201cI live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries are dead, and there is no current to plug into.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is a startling statement, given the fact that Hemingway\u2019s life would be the envy of anyone who had bought the values of our modern society. Hemingway was known for his tough-guy image and globe-trotting pilgrimages to exotic places. He was a big-game hunter, a bullfighter, a man who could drink the best of them under the table. He was married four times and lived his life seemingly without moral restraint or conscience. But on a sunny Sunday morning in Idaho, he pulverized his head with a shotgun blast.<\/p>\n
There was another side to Hemingway\u2019s life, one that few people know about. He grew up in an evangelical Christian home. His grandparents were missionaries, and his father was a devoted churchman and friend of evangelist D. L. Moody. Hemingway\u2019s family conformed to the strictest codes of Christianity, and as a boy and young man he was active in his church.<\/p>\n
Then came Word War I. As a war correspondent, Hemingway saw death and despair firsthand. His youthful enthusiasm for Christianity soured, and Hemingway eventually rejected the faith he had once claimed.<\/p>\n
While we don\u2019t know all that transpired in Hemingway\u2019s heart, it seems he never developed a truly personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Genuine Christianity means more than living in a Christian environment, going through catechism, conforming to the codes, and affirming the truths of Scripture. True Christians are non-negotiated followers of Christ, those who are progressively moving toward Him and who understand all of life in the context of His teaching. <\/p>\n
The point is not Hemingway\u2019s life. It\u2019s my life and your life. If we aren\u2019t cultivating a living, vital relationship with Jesus Christ, then we, too, may respond as Hemingway did when life\u2019s questions are agonizingly unanswerable or when our inner impulses are too seductive for us to resist. An allegiance based on systems, rituals, and rules is never enough to keep us loyal.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoody,\u201d January\/February 1997, pp. 23-24<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:7ff<\/b><\/p>\n
I Take God \u2026<\/p>\n
\u2022 I take God the Father to be my chief end and highest good. <\/p>\n
\u2022 I take God the Son to be my prince and Saviour.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I take God the Holy Spirit to be my sanctifier, teacher, guide, and comforter.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I take the Word of God to be my rule in all my actions and the people of God to be my people under all conditions.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I do hereby dedicate and devote to the Lord all I am, all I have, and all I can do.<\/p>\n
\u2022 And this I do deliberately, freely, and forever.<\/p>\n
Baptismal declaration written by Philip Henry, father of Matthew Henry <\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:10-12<\/b><\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cEvangelical Preaching,\u201d Charles Simeon, p. 83<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 6:10-14<\/b><\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, pp. 221ff<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 7:1-4<\/b><\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kingdom Conflict, J. Stowell, Victor, 1985, pp. 58ff<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 7:25<\/b><\/p>\n
Iconoclastic<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s another discussion starter for your Sunday school, Bible study, or social occasion. In January, Texas evangelist James Robison and his wealthiest convert, T. Cullen Davis, smashed a million dollars worth of jade, ivory, and gold art objects<\/b> which had a history of Oriental religious worship. <\/p>\n
Their grounds: Deuteronomy 7:25, wherein the Lord told the Israelites: \u201cThe graven images of their gods shall you burn with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.\u201d Robison and Davis destroyed, among other things, a half million dollar jade pagoda. If you are shocked, ask yourself what you would have done back in that Deuteronomy 7 era. If you are not shocked, look up the meaning of \u201ciconoclastic\u201d and define how far you want to carry the principle.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 8:3<\/b><\/p>\n
Dissident Soviet Jew<\/p>\n
Anatoli Shcharansky, a dissident Soviet Jew, kissed his wife goodbye as she left Russia for freedom in Israel. His parting words to her were, \u201cI\u2019ll see you soon in Jerusalem.\u201d But Anatoli was detained and finally imprisoned. Their reunion in Jerusalem would not only be postponed, it might never occur. During long years in Russian prisons and work camps Anatoli was stripped of his personal belongings. His only possession was a miniature copy of the Psalms. Once during his imprisonment, his refusal to release the book to the authorities cost him 130 days in solitary confinement. <\/p>\n
Finally, twelve years after parting with his wife, he was offered freedom. In February 1986, as the world watched, Shcharansky was allowed to walk away from Russian guards toward those who would take him to Jerusalem. But in the final moments of captivity, the guards tried again to confiscate the Psalms book. Anatoli threw himself face down in the snow and refused to walk on to freedom without it. <\/p>\n
Those words had kept him alive during imprisonment. He would not go on to freedom without them.<\/p>\n
From Discipleship Journal, Issue #43 (1988), p. 24<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 24<\/b><\/p>\n
Divorce\/Remarriage<\/p>\n
\u2022 Leadership, V. 4 , No. 3, p. 115.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 32:9-29<\/b><\/p>\n
Plan Your Departure!<\/p>\n
Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Deuteronomy 32:29<\/p>\n
All of us need to make specific plans for our departure from this life. If we don\u2019t, we can be left in a predicament similar to that of a young man who became stranded in an Alaskan wilderness. His adventure began in the spring of 1981 when he was flown into the desolate north country to photograph the natural beauty and mysteries of the tundra. He had photo equipment, 500 rolls of film, several firearms, and 1400 pounds of provisions. As the months passed, the entries in his diary, which at first detailed his wonder and fascination with the wildlife around him, turned into a pathetic record of a nightmare. In August he wrote, \u201cI think I should have used more foresight about arranging my departure. I\u2019ll soon find out.\u201d He waited and waited, but no one came to his rescue. In November he died in a nameless valley, by a nameless lake, 225 miles northeast of Fairbanks. An investigation revealed that he had carefully mapped out his venture, but had made no provision to be flown out of the area.<\/p>\n
In the 32nd chapter of Deuteronomy we read that the Israelites made a similar mistake. For a while they had all they needed, but it soon became obvious that they had given no thought to the outcome of worshipping false gods and living for their own enjoyment. They failed to consider \u201ctheir latter end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Have you thought about your exit from life? Trusting Christ as Savior and living for Him each day is the only way to be sure we have prepared for our departure. -M.R.D.II<\/p>\n
O Lord, You\u2019d have us ponder this, One truth You\u2019d have us see\u2014 It\u2019s in this life we chart our course For all eternity.<\/p>\n
-D.J.D.<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t repent too soon, for you know not how soon it may be too late.<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, Tuesday, October 25.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 29:29<\/b><\/p>\n
Resource<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cEvangelical Preaching,\u201d Charles Simeon, p. 7.<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 33:27<\/b><\/p>\n
Fall Into His Arms<\/p>\n
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27<\/p>\n
As I was reading the words of today\u2019s text from Deuteronomy, I recalled an old song written by Ada Habershon. \u201cWhen I fear my faith will fail, Christ will hold me fast; when the tempter would prevail, He can hold me fast.\u201d Say, that\u2019s good theology!<\/p>\n
A lady who was facing difficult trials and troubling circumstances came to W. B. Hinson at the close of a sermon and said, \u201cI\u2019m very much afraid I might fall.\u201d Hinson replied, \u201cWell, why don\u2019t you do it?\u201d \u201cBut Preacher,\u201d she protested, \u201cwhere would I fall to?\u201d \u201cYou would fall down into the everlasting arms of God, came his reply. Then he said, \u201cI have read in the Bible that His everlasting arms are underneath His children. And you know, I believe that if you fall down upon those everlasting arms, it is sure and certain that you will never fall through them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yes, the believer can rest in the unfailing strength and support of the omnipotent Father. God bolsters this assurance with a progression of truth in Isaiah 41:10 when He says through the prophet, \u201cI am with thee.\u201d \u201cI will strengthen thee.\u201d \u201cI will help thee.\u201d \u201cI will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.\u201d And in John 17:11 we read this prayer of our Lord: \u201cHoly Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me.\u201d His request will not be thwarted because our Savior has given every believer into the keeping, safeguarding power of the Father. So even when we stumble, we fall into the everlasting arms of His grace. -P.R.V.<\/p>\n
He who to the wind and wave Commanded, \u201cPeace, be still!\u201d Stands with arms outstretched to save And keep you in His will.<\/p>\n
-Stairs<\/p>\n
When we get to the place where there\u2019s nothing left but God, we find that God is all we need.<\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, Saturday, April 7<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 33:25<\/b><\/p>\n
Secret of a Happy Life<\/p>\n
These two Scripture verses prompted someone to write, \u201cOne secret of a happy Christian life is living by the day. It\u2019s the long stretches that tire us. But really, there are no long stretches. Life does not come to us all at once. Tomorrow is not ours; but when it does come, God will supply both daily bread and daily strength.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Pastor Philip Doddridge was walking along the street one day, he was feeling depressed and desolate, for something had happened to burden his heart. Passing a small cottage, he heard through the open door the voice of a child reading the words found in Deuteronomy 33:25, \u201c…as your days, so shall your strength be.\u201d The Holy Spirit used that truth to bolster his sinking morale. He was encouraged not to look too far ahead, but just to go on living for the Lord from moment to moment in the consciousness that God would care for him.<\/p>\n
Apparently D. L. Moody also learned that secret, for he said, \u201cA man can no more take a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough today to last him for the next 6 months, nor can he inhale sufficient air into his lungs with one breath to sustain life for a week to come. We are permitted to draw upon God\u2019s store of grace from day to day as we need it!\u201d <\/p>\n
God never gives His strength in advance, so let\u2019s stopcrossing bridges before we come to them. The Heavenly Father will graciously supply our every need\u2014one day at a time!<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t try to bear tomorrow\u2019s burdens with today\u2019s grace. <\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, December 30, 1985<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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