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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:01 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday February 21 > Deuteronomy 4-6 (The Message) > > Deuteronomy 4 > 1-2 Now listen, Israel, listen carefully to the rules and regulations that > I am teaching you to > follow so that you may live and enter and take possession > of the land that God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, is giving to you. Don't add > a word to what I command > you, and don't remove a word from it. Keep the commands > of God, your God, that I am commanding you. > > 3-4 You saw with your own eyes what God did at Baal Peor, how God > destroyed from among you every > man who joined in the Baal Peor orgies. But you, the ones > who held tight to God, your God, are alive and well, every one of you, > today. > > 5-6 Pay attention: I'm teaching you the rules and regulations that God > commanded me, so that you > may live by them in the land you are entering to take > up ownership. Keep them. Practice them. You'll become wise and > understanding. When people hear and > see what's going on, they'll say, "What a great nation! > So wise, so understanding! We've never seen anything like it." > > 7-8 Yes. What other great nation has gods that are intimate with them the > way God, our God, is with > us, always ready to listen to us? And what other great > nation has rules and regulations as good and fair as this Revelation that > I'm setting before you > today? > > 9 Just make sure you stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don't > forget anything of what > you've seen. Don't let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant > as long as you live. Teach what you've seen and heard to your children and > grandchildren. > > 10 That day when you stood before God, your God, at Horeb, God said to me, > "Assemble the people in > my presence to listen to my words so that they will > learn to fear me in holy fear for as long as they live on the land, and > then they will teach these > same words to their children." > > 11-13 You gathered. You stood in the shadow of the mountain. The mountain > was ablaze with fire, > blazing high into the very heart of Heaven. You stood in > deep darkness and thick clouds. God spoke to you out of the fire. You > heard the sound of words but > you saw nothing-no form, only a voice. He announced > his covenant, the Ten Words, by which he commanded you to live. Then he > wrote them down on two slabs > of stone. > > 14 And God commanded me at that time to teach you the rules and > regulations that you are to live by > in the land which you are crossing over the Jordan > to possess. > > 15-20 You saw no form on the day God spoke to you at Horeb from out of the > fire. Remember that. > Carefully guard yourselves so that you don't turn corrupt > and make a form, carving a figure that looks male or female, or looks like > a prowling animal or a > flying bird or a slithering snake or a fish in a stream. > And also carefully guard yourselves so that you don't look up into the > skies and see the sun and > moon and stars, all the constellations of the skies, and > be seduced into worshiping and serving them. God set them out for > everybody's benefit, everywhere. > But you-God took you right out of the iron furnace, > out of Egypt, to become the people of his inheritance-and that's what you > are this very day. > > 21-22 But God was angry with me because of you and the things you said. He > swore that I'd never > cross the Jordan, never get to enter the good land that > God, your God, is giving you as an inheritance. This means that I am going > to die here. I'm not > crossing the Jordan. But you will cross; you'll possess > the good land. > > 23-24 So stay alert. Don't for a minute forget the covenant which God, > your God, made with you. And > don't take up with any carved images, no forms of any > kind-God, your God, issued clear commands on that. God, your God, is not > to be trifled with-he's a > consuming fire, a jealous God. > > 25-28 When the time comes that you have children and grandchildren, put on > years, and start taking > things for granted, if you then become corrupt and make > any carved images, no matter what their form, by doing what is sheer evil > in God's eyes and > provoking his anger-I can tell you right now, with Heaven and > Earth as witnesses, that it will be all over for you. You'll be kicked off > the land that you're > about to cross over the Jordan to possess. Believe me, > you'll have a very short stay there. You'll be ruined, completely ruined. > God will scatter you far > and wide; a few of you will survive here and there in > the nations where God will drive you. There you can worship your homemade > gods to your hearts' > content, your wonderful gods of wood and stone that can't > see or hear or eat or smell. > > 29-31 But even there, if you seek God, your God, you'll be able to find > him if you're serious, > looking for him with your whole heart and soul. When troubles > come and all these awful things happen to you, in future days you will > come back to God, your God, > and listen obediently to what he says. God, your God, > is above all a compassionate God. In the end he will not abandon you, he > won't bring you to ruin, he > won't forget the covenant with your ancestors which > he swore to them. > > 32-33 Ask questions. Find out what has been going on all these years > before you were born. From the > day God created man and woman on this Earth, and from > the horizon in the east to the horizon in the west-as far back as you can > imagine and as far away as > you can imagine-has as great a thing as this ever > happened? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Has a people ever heard, > as you did, a god speaking > out of the middle of the fire and lived to tell the > story? > > 34 Or has a god ever tried to select for himself a nation from within a > nation using trials, > miracles, and war, putting his strong hand in, reaching his > long arm out, a spectacle awesome and staggering, the way God, your God, > did it for you in Egypt > while you stood right there and watched? > > 35-38 You were shown all this so that you would know that God is, well, > God. He's the only God > there is. He's it. He made it possible for you to hear his > voice out of Heaven to discipline you. Down on Earth, he showed you the > big fire and again you heard > his words, this time out of the fire. He loved your > ancestors and chose to work with their children. He personally and > powerfully brought you out of > Egypt in order to displace bigger and stronger and older > nations with you, bringing you out and turning their land over to you as > an inheritance. And now > it's happening. This very day. > > 39-40 Know this well, then. Take it to heart right now: God is in Heaven > above; God is on Earth > below. He's the only God there is. Obediently live by his > rules and commands which I'm giving you today so that you'll live well and > your children after > you-oh, you'll live a long time in the land that God, your > God, is giving you. > > 41-42 Then Moses set aside three towns in the country on the east side of > the Jordan to which > someone who had unintentionally killed a person could flee > and find refuge. If the murder was unintentional and there was no history > of bad blood, the murderer > could flee to one of these cities and save his life: > > 43 Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in > Gilead for the Gadites, > and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. > > 44-49 This is the Revelation that Moses presented to the People of Israel. > These are the > testimonies, the rules and regulations Moses spoke to the People > of Israel after their exodus from Egypt and arrival on the east side of > the Jordan in the valley > near Beth Peor. It was the country of Sihon king of the > Amorites who ruled from Heshbon. Moses and the People of Israel fought and > beat him after they left > Egypt and took his land. They also took the land of > Og king of Bashan. The two Amorite kings held the country on the east of > the Jordan from Aroer on > the bank of the Brook Arnon as far north as Mount Siyon, > that is, Mount Hermon, all the Arabah plain east of the Jordan, and as far > south as the Sea of the > Arabah (the Dead Sea) beneath the slopes of Mount Pisgah. > > Deuteronomy 5 > > Moses Teaches Israel on the Plains of Moab > 1 Moses called all Israel together. He said to them, Attention, Israel. > Listen obediently to the > rules and regulations I am delivering to your listening > ears today. Learn them. Live them. > > 2-5 God, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb. God didn't just make > this covenant with our > parents; he made it also with us, with all of us who are > alive right now. God spoke to you personally out of the fire on the > mountain. At the time I stood > between God and you, to tell you what God said. You were > afraid, remember, of the fire and wouldn't climb the mountain. He said: > > 6 I am God, your God, > who brought you out of the land of Egypt, > out of a house of slaves. > > 7 No other gods, only me. > 8-10 No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, > whether of things that fly or > walk or swim. Don't bow down to them and don't serve > them because I am God, your God, and I'm a most jealous God. I hold > parents responsible for any sins > they pass on to their children to the third, and yes, > even to the fourth generation. But I'm lovingly loyal to the thousands who > love me and keep my > commandments. > 11 No using the name of God, your God, in curses or silly banter; God > won't put up with the > irreverent use of his name. > 12-15 No working on the Sabbath; keep it holy just as God, your God, > commanded you. Work six days, > doing everything you have to do, but the seventh day > is a Sabbath, a Rest Day-no work: not you, your son, your daughter, your > servant, your maid, your > ox, your donkey (or any of your animals), and not even > the foreigner visiting your town. That way your servants and maids will > get the same rest as you. > Don't ever forget that you were slaves in Egypt and God, > your God, got you out of there in a powerful show of strength. That's why > God, your God, commands > you to observe the day of Sabbath rest. > 16 Respect your father and mother-God, your God, commands it! You'll have > a long life; the land > that God is giving you will treat you well. > 17 No murder. > 18 No adultery. > 19 No stealing. > 20 No lies about your neighbor. > 21 No coveting your neighbor's wife. And no lusting for his house, field, > servant, maid, ox, or > donkey either-nothing that belongs to your neighbor! > > 22 These are the words that God spoke to the whole congregation at the > mountain. He spoke in a > tremendous voice from the fire and cloud and dark mist. > And that was it. No more words. Then he wrote them on two slabs of stone > and gave them to me. > > 23-24 As it turned out, when you heard the Voice out of that dark cloud > and saw the mountain on > fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and > your leaders, and said, > > 24-26 "Our God has revealed to us his glory and greatness. We've heard him > speak from the fire > today! We've seen that God can speak to humans and they > can still live. But why risk it further? This huge fire will devour us if > we stay around any longer. > If we hear God's voice anymore, we'll die for sure. > Has anyone ever known of anyone who has heard the Voice of God the way we > have and lived to tell the > story? > > 27 "From now on, you go and listen to what God, our God, says and then > tell us what God tells you. > We'll listen and we'll do it." > > 28-29 God heard what you said to me and told me, "I've heard what the > people said to you. They're > right-good and true words. What I wouldn't give if they'd > always feel this way, continuing to revere me and always keep all my > commands; they'd have a good > life forever, they and their children! > > 30-31 "Go ahead and tell them to go home to their tents. But you, you stay > here with me so I can > tell you every commandment and all the rules and regulations > that you must teach them so they'll know how to live in the land that I'm > giving them as their own." > > 32-33 So be very careful to act exactly as God commands you. Don't veer > off to the right or the > left. Walk straight down the road God commands so that > you'll have a good life and live a long time in the land that you're about > to possess. > > Deuteronomy 6 > 1-2 This is the commandment, the rules and regulations, that God, your > God, commanded me to teach > you to live out in the land you're about to cross into > to possess. This is so that you'll live in deep reverence before God > lifelong, observing all his > rules and regulations that I'm commanding you, you and > your children and your grandchildren, living good long lives. > > 3 Listen obediently, Israel. Do what you're told so that you'll have a > good life, a life of > abundance and bounty, just as God promised, in a land abounding > in milk and honey. > > 4 Attention, Israel! > > God, our God! God the one and only! > > 5 Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in > you, love him with all > you've got! > > 6-9 Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get > them inside of you and > then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever > you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from > the time you get up in the > morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them > on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts > of your homes and on your > city gates. > > 10-12 When God, your God, ushers you into the land he promised through > your ancestors Abraham, > Isaac, and Jacob to give you, you're going to walk into > large, bustling cities you didn't build, well-furnished houses you didn't > buy, come upon wells you > didn't dig, vineyards and olive orchards you didn't > plant. When you take it all in and settle down, pleased and content, make > sure you don't forget how > you got there-God brought you out of slavery in Egypt. > > 13-19 Deeply respect God, your God. Serve and worship him exclusively. > Back up your promises with > his name only. Don't fool around with other gods, the > gods of your neighbors, because God, your God, who is alive among you is a > jealous God. Don't > provoke him, igniting his hot anger that would burn you right > off the face of the Earth. Don't push God, your God, to the wall as you > did that day at Massah, the > Testing-Place. Carefully keep the commands of God, > your God, all the requirements and regulations he gave you. Do what is > right; do what is good in > God's sight so you'll live a good life and be able to > march in and take this pleasant land that God so solemnly promised through > your ancestors, throwing > out your enemies left and right-exactly as God said. > > 20-24 The next time your child asks you, "What do these requirements and > regulations and rules that > God, our God, has commanded mean?" tell your child, > "We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and God powerfully intervened and got > us out of that country. We > stood there and watched as God delivered miracle-signs, > great wonders, and evil-visitations on Egypt, on Pharaoh and his > household. He pulled us out of > there so he could bring us here and give us the land he > so solemnly promised to our ancestors. That's why God commanded us to > follow all these rules, so > that we would live reverently before God, our God, as > he gives us this good life, keeping us alive for a long time to come. > > 25 "It will be a set-right and put-together life for us if we make sure > that we do this entire > commandment in the Presence of God, our God, just as he > commanded us to do." > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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