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453 | Don’t Forget who I AM · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  God is in control.
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  She's a happy girl. Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman
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  at the Well Ministries, where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus
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  like the woman at the well in John chapter 4.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  Whether you are listening in our app, in your favorite podcasting app,
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  or on our website at watwm.org, we invite you to sit down with us as we look
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  to the scriptures to learn more about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living her life for Christ She's a happy girl.
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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  God's desire is for us to live lives of obedience, not only to glorify Him,
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  but also to protect us and guide us toward what is truly best and safest for our lives.
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  When we read the laws of the Old Testament, we may wonder how they really apply to us today.
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  But when we dig deep enough, we always find God's heart of protection for His
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  people woven throughout.
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  Join us in this episode of the Woman at the Well Ministries podcast as Erica
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  Close teaches from Deuteronomy chapter 5, focusing on verse 29.
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  Oh, that there were such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep all
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  my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
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  Thank you all so much for joining us in this podcast of Woman at the Well Ministries.
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  It is such a joy to share with you out of the book of Deuteronomy.
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  I'm so thankful that we get to live on this side of the cross,
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  but there are so many life lessons in the Old Testament that have spoken to
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  my heart for years, and so I am so thankful that I get to share some of those with you today.
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  So today we are in Deuteronomy chapter 5, and while we're focusing on Deuteronomy
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  5.29, we're going to go ahead and read all of Deuteronomy chapter 5.
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  So that's verses 1 to 33.
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  And Moses called all Israel and said unto them, Hear, O Israel,
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  the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day,
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  that ye may learn them and keep and do them.
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  The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
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  The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
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  even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
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  The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire.
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  I stood between the Lord and you at that time to show you the word of the Lord,
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  for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount,
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  saying, I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.
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  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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  Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that
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  is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.
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  Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them.
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  For I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting iniquity upon the fathers
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  of the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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  and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will
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  not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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  Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
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  Six days thou shalt labor, and
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  do all thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
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  In it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
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  nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle,
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  nor thy stranger that is within thy
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  gates, that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
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  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord
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  thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm.
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  Therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.
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  Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,
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  that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee in the land
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  which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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  Thou shalt not kill, neither shalt thou commit adultery, neither shalt thou
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  steal, neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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  Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy
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  neighbor's house, his field, his manservant, or his maidservant,
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  his ox, his ass, or anything that is in thy neighbor's.
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  These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst
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  of the fire of the cloud and of the thick darkness with a great voice, and he added no more.
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  And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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  And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,
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  for the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me,
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  even all the heads of your tribes and your elders.
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  And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God has showed us his glory and his greatness,
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  and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire.
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  We have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
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  Now, therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us.
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  If we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.
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  For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking
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  out of the midst of the fire as we have and lived.
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  Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and speak thou unto
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  us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee, and we will hear it, and do it.
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  And the Lord heard the voice of your words when ye spake unto me,
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  and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
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  which they have spoken unto thee.
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  They have well said all that they have spoken. Oh, that there were such an heart.
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  In them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always,
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  that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
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  Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
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  But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments,
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  and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them,
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  that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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  Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you.
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  Ye shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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  Ye shall walk in the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you that ye
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  may live and that it may be well with you and that ye may prolong your days
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  in the land which ye shall possess.
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  While the focus was on the importance of obedience in the last chapter of Deuteronomy, chapter 4.
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  God now brings us into the first of the chapters in Deuteronomy where the law is just laid down.
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  Don't be mistaken that this chapter is just a list of do's and don'ts.
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  This chapter is rich in its revelation of God's heart and what he desires for
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  his holy nation and for those who follow, including you and me.
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  Chapter 5 of Deuteronomy opens up with a commemoration of the time at Horeb,
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  also known as Mount Sinai or the mountain of the Lord.
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  We read about that in Exodus 20 and verse 1, where the Lord gave Moses and the
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  people the Ten Commandments.
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  Moses reiterates that the covenant that was made with their forefathers still
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  holds for the Israelites today, lest they think that they are not held to the
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  covenants and the commandments that were given to the earlier generations.
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  Moses also reminds them that God Himself spoke to the Israelites,
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  giving them the Ten Commandments.
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  In times past, one couldn't look upon God and live.
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  With the giving of the Ten Commandments, God himself spoke these commandments
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  specifically and personally for the Israelites and all of those that were to follow.
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  Verses 6-22 of chapter 5 recounted the actual commandments themselves.
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  But as Moses recounts the commandments, he elaborates on the person of God himself.
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  God is the only true God, and there is no other God beside him.
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  Because there is no other God, there is nothing else in this world that can
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  be of more importance to us.
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  Just as our God is fair and allows consequences for our actions,
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  he is also merciful and his mercies are everlasting.
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  Because they commemorate God himself, his name, and the Sabbath day are holy.
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  They're not to be used or abused in any way that does not bring glory to God.
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  Because we have a God who loves us and cares for us, He has given us rules to
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  protect us from the sinful world that we live in.
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  We're to honor and respect our parents. In the same way, our lives are to be
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  lived in respect of others and the possessions that God has given them.
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  Each and every one of us are created in the image and likeness of God.
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  We must love and respect each other, because in doing so, we're loving and respecting God himself.
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  As we move on to verse 24, we read of the Lord giving the commandments to the Israelites.
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  The Israelites were so afraid of the voice that they had heard.
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  And they told Moses that he should talk to God, but that they should hide away and not talk to them.
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  But when we read that part, we come to a verse that totally reveals the heart of God.
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  Verse 29 of chapter 5 reads, Oh, that there were such an heart in them that
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  they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
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  with them and with their children forever.
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  Here we see God's greatest desire for His people.
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  He doesn't want the people to be afraid of Him and His voice.
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  No, God wants His people to fear Him out of love and respect.
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  His desire is to be reverenced, not run from.
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  This verse so displays the love that God has for his people.
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  Instead of them running from him, he wants them to run to him.
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  He desires that all of the energy that is put into disobedience be put into the pursuit of God.
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  As this chapter closes, we see again that God desires a relationship.
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  He asks Moses to stand by him and to walk closely by him, not turning to the left or to the right.
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  He wants a walking relationship with his people. He doesn't want a sitting in
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  the pew sort of relationship, but a relationship that walks in the ways of God,
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  like we read about in verse 33.
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  He wants a relationship where we are taking him with us wherever we go.
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  God's desire is that we would obey him and love him and relate to him for who
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  he is, the God of the universe.
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  So often we treat God as if he were a puppet on a string or someone who is only
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  there when we need him, but absent when all is well.
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  God is the one and only God. He can't be ignored or replaced,
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  but he's to be reverenced, followed, and praised.
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  Most importantly, though, this God of the universe wants us to love him as much as he loves us.
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  We know that God sent his only son to die on the cross for our sins.
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  That is the perfect definition of love.
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  Besides our faith, all God wants in return is for us to live close enough to
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  him that we might have a personal relationship with him.
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  God's desire is for a relationship that is based on love.
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  His desire is that we obey him so
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  that as we read in verse 29 it might be well with them and with their children
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  forever god wants the very best for us and he asks for the very best in return
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  keep in mind however that what he asks is nothing in comparison to what he's given to us.
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  The love of God is the greatest and most immeasurable substance in the universe.
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  His love is the same for each and every person ever created,
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  and yet His love is so personal.
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  God loves the world. We know that. We read about that in verses like John 3, 16.
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  But He wants a relationship with you.
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  Cultivate that relationship with Jesus. Walk with Him in the ways that He asks,
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  not turning to the left or turning to the right, but walking the straight and narrow path with Him.
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  Remember that you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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