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Day 54 or February 23. Love God and keep His commandments. Our thoughts today are from

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Deuteronomy 11 verse 1. Love the Lord your God and keep His requirements, His decrees,

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His laws, and His commands always.

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First the big picture surrounding this verse. Moses reminds the people that they need to

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do what he's saying and not just listen to him. He mentions a recent miracle that everyone

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had experienced. During their wilderness wanderings none of their clothing or sandals wore out,

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and they remained very comfortable for the whole forty years. He also recalls breaking

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the two tablets of stone upon which was written the Ten Commandments. I'm sure he never

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forgot this act of vandalism. They were of extreme value to him and the people, and we

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can only dream of their value today if they had survived. The children of Israel are about

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to cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land, and Moses stresses that they must be

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faithful to God's word and put into practice everything he is giving them from God's law.

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Today's action step. Moses lays a heavy emphasis on reading and studying the word of God. He

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tells the people they're to love it. It's not an option, any more than loving each other

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is, if we take the words of Jesus seriously in John 13 verse 34. Love each other. Just

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as I have loved you, you should love each other. As we study something from the Bible

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each day, it's worth remembering that this is not an optional extra. We are commanded

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to do it. Within Judaism it was the norm to read all the works of your rabbi many times.

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So remember, Jesus is our rabbi, and so much more besides. This book covers highlights

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through the whole Bible, and it is our prayer that it will whet your appetite to take the

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next step and read or listen to the Bible text too. As a test, why not read the chapter

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which contains the daily verse? Or you may prefer to listen to the audio version of the

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Bible recorded by the writer of this book. More information on our website Bible.org.uk.