In my readings today, my attention was drawn to a special reading in the Bible that has food for thought for our Country that is suffering from greedy mistakes and selfishness of the ignorant. Here is the reference from Deuteronomy 30:15-20.
"Look, today I have set before you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. I have commanded you today to LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD and to follow His paths and to KEEP HIS LAWS, so that you will LIVE and become A GREAT NATION, and so that the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to possess. But if your hearts turn away and you won't listen---if you are drawn away to worship OTHER gods---then I declare to you this day that you shall surely perish; YOU WILL NOT HAVE A LONG, GOOD LIFE IN THE LAND you are going in to possess."
"I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set before you LIFE or DEATH, BLESSING or CURSE. Oh, that you would CHOOSE LIFE; that you and your children might live! CHOOSE TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD AND TO OBEY HIM AND TO CLING TO HIM, for HE IS YOUR LIFE and the length of your days. You will then be able to live safely in the land the Lord promised your ancestors...."
"Oh, the Joys of those who do not follow evil men's advice, who do not hang around with sinners, scoffing at the things of God. But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on His laws and thinking about ways to follow Him more closely."
"They are like trees along a river bank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do WILL PROSPER."
"For the Lord watches over all the plans and paths of godly men, but the paths of the godless LEAD TO DOOM." (Psalm 1)
"What profit is there in gaining the whole world when it means forfeiting one's self? (Luke 9: 25)
Sufficient for the day is the challenge that God gives us to live in the NOW!
"Look, today I have set before you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. I have commanded you today to LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD and to follow His paths and to KEEP HIS LAWS, so that you will LIVE and become A GREAT NATION, and so that the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to possess. But if your hearts turn away and you won't listen---if you are drawn away to worship OTHER gods---then I declare to you this day that you shall surely perish; YOU WILL NOT HAVE A LONG, GOOD LIFE IN THE LAND you are going in to possess."
"I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set before you LIFE or DEATH, BLESSING or CURSE. Oh, that you would CHOOSE LIFE; that you and your children might live! CHOOSE TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD AND TO OBEY HIM AND TO CLING TO HIM, for HE IS YOUR LIFE and the length of your days. You will then be able to live safely in the land the Lord promised your ancestors...."
"Oh, the Joys of those who do not follow evil men's advice, who do not hang around with sinners, scoffing at the things of God. But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on His laws and thinking about ways to follow Him more closely."
"They are like trees along a river bank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do WILL PROSPER."
"For the Lord watches over all the plans and paths of godly men, but the paths of the godless LEAD TO DOOM." (Psalm 1)
"What profit is there in gaining the whole world when it means forfeiting one's self? (Luke 9: 25)
Sufficient for the day is the challenge that God gives us to live in the NOW!
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