Deuteronomy 19:9because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the LORD your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.  Hebrews 1:1-3  In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at...

Deuteronomy 3:23,25 At that time I pleaded with the LORD… “Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”  1 John 4:6-8 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to...

Psalm 127:1–2 Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—for he grants sleep tothose he loves.  There is a Hebrew...

Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.  What happens when your neatly laid plans for the future are completely upended? Proverbs teaches us not to be too confident about the future, “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do...

Deuteronomy 2:9 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.”  One of the most challenging questions we face in this world is...

Deuteronomy 1:17 “Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God.”  There is an importance of not being afraid of criticism in the pursuit of truth. In Moses’ instructions to the judges that he appointed to help lead the nation, he said, “Do not be afraid of...

Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.    Moses opened his first speech by rebuking Israel. After only a few...