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Two Ways
“I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him.” (Deuteronomy 30:19b–20a, NAB)
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Led for Forty Years
“I led you for forty years in the desert …. Thus you should know that I, the LORD, am your God.” (Deuteronomy 29:4a, 5b, NAB)
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Agreement with God
“Today you are making this agreement with the LORD; he is to be your God and you are to walk in his ways and observe his statutes, commandments, and decrees, and to hearken to his voice.” (Deuteronomy 26:17, NAB)
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A Prophet Raised
“A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up fro you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen.” (Deuteronomy 18:15, NAB)
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With Hands Full
“No one shall appear before the LORD empty-handed, but each of you with as much as he can give, in proportion to the blessings which the LORD, your God, has bestowed on you.” (Deuteronomy 16:16b–17, NAB)
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Hear, O Israel
“Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5, NAB)
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Searching for God
“Yet there too you shall seek the LORD, your God; and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul.” (Deuteronomy 4:29, NAB)
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“Remember the Long Way”
Introduction This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, for the congregation’s annual Thanksgiving Eve service. + + + Readings Deuteronomy 8:1-10 Psalm 65 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Matthew 6:25-33 + + + Prayer Long ago, O God, you spoke to our ancestors in many and…
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Affixed in the Heart
“Know and fix in your heart, that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other.” (Deuteronomy 4:39, LH)
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A Heart for God
Introduction This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29-30, 2009, the weekend of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. + + + Readings Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 (1) James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 + + + Prayer “Let the words of my mouth…