The resources God has given us to live a thriving life are His Word, Spirit, and People.
Read God’s Word:
Deuteronomy 1-3
Act 2: God’s Covenant People
Scene 3: The Sinai Covenant and law: God embraces and instructs his people
Background Information: Deuteronomy 1-3
Pay careful attention to the first verse, as it explains the entire book. “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness.” Deuteronomy consists of three sermons delivered to the people by Moses. The first sermon is found in chapters 1 to 4. The second is the heart of the book, chapters 5-28. The third is the shortest, chapters 29 to 30. Deuteronomy is the Old Testament book most quoted by New Testament authors, and the book most quoted by the Lord Jesus. The title means literally “second law.” It repeats some laws from Leviticus and adds some that are new. The thrust of the book is to move the hearers to a decision to fully obey God’s laws. These laws are not a burden, they are God’s gift of guidance for his people to thrive in the land he was giving them. As Moses speaks to the people, it has now been 40 years since they left Egypt. Those listening to him now were the children who had grown up in the wilderness. Their parents were gone, kept from the promised land by their own faithlessness. Now Moses is casting vision for this generation to have more faith than their parents did. Moses’ first speech is a summary of the Exodus and why it took 40 years. God had been faithful; their parents had been fearful and unfaithful. Moses himself had not been fully faithful, and so leadership was being transferred to Joshua. Moses would glimpse the land, but he would not enter it. Ask God to help you see the continuity of his Word and the continuity of his plan for the ages that includes your life. Ask him to help you learn to be in awe of him so that you will more fully love and honor him.
Pray:
Praise God for…
Thank God for…
Confess your sins to God
Pray for the Women’s Rally tonight at River. Ask God to use the time together to encourage women. Pray that their love for Jesus and one another would increase.
Ask God for… (what else concerns you?)
Reflect:
Write down one passage of scripture that stood out to you today.
Write down why this passage stood out to you.
Engage Community:
Text or call someone now and tell them…
– What you are praying for.
– What stood out from God’s word today.