Listen you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. Deuteronomy 32:1-2. So begins a song Moses gave to the people. Yesterday we had much needed rain…

Last night we watched the season finale of The Chosen of Season 3. Along with Gospel teaching, there is dramatization of the back story of the lives and experiences of the disciples. One of the back stories was of a Pharisee determined to stop the “false teachings “ of Jesus. He hurries to a reported…

This will be my last blog for a couple of weeks as I will be away from my computer. This morning already there was opportunity for stress with a nationwide FAA shutdown from a glitch that by the time I was made aware had been resolved. Several years ago I would have been undone with…

There are times when reading Scripture is difficult and hard to understand. Until we remember Who it is who is speaking to us. Deuteronomy 20 deals with when the people go to war. The first thing He tells them is do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up…

All of Deuteronomy is a recap of what Moses has already told the people and in Deuteronomy 19 he is reminding them of the need for cities of refuge for those who took a life accidentally and the need for two or three witnesses and not just one witness to convict anyone of a crime.…

In one of my devotionals this morning I read this verse: But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. That was Paul speaking to the Church in Corinth. I stumbled over that verse and sat there for awhile saying it over…

I find myself increasingly praying for God’s perfect will to be done. Can you think of any person whose will is perfect? I can’t. Just like us, the people about to enter into the Promised Land were not perfect. They needed guidance….right from wrong, good from bad, just from unjust. Deuteronomy 17 continues teaching about…

I confess when I wake up each morning and prepare to read a new Chapter, I sometimes worry how will I blog? And then I read His words to us. How can I not blog? This morning from one of my devotionals the Scripture reference from Isaiah 40:30 which I recognized from watching the movie…

Debt forgiveness. From Google: And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release. Throughout the book of Deuteronomy, the Bible calls for debt forgiveness every seven…

You are the children of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 14:1. Have you ever thought of yourself that way? Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession. v. 2. Was He only talking about the Children of Israel then? I, the Lord,…