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Remember to love God and love people: Deuteronomy Summary

April 20, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments



If my life is motivated by an ambition to leave a legacy, what I would probably leave is a legacy of ambition. But, if my life is motivated by the power of God’s spirit in me and the awareness of the indwelling Christ, if I allow His presence to guide my motives, that’s the only time I think we really leave a great legacy.

-Rich Mullins

This is my favorite quote of mine is a unique way to sum up Deuteronomy. What will your legacy be built upon? What is your motivation in life? Why do you do what you do? These and many more questions are answered within Deuteronomy. Continue Reading…

Death of Moses on Mount Nebo in Deuteronomy 33 and 34

April 19, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments

What final words would you speak if you knew you were about to die? When you think about someone who is about to die what do you picture in your mind? Do think of an old frail person with illness who is too weak to speak and just slips into death? This was not Moses at the end. In Deuteronomy chapters 33 and 34 the end of Moses’ leadership in Israel arrives. Mouses was going to die and be gathered to his people but “although [he] was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye [were] not dim, nor his vigor abated.” (Deuteronomy 34:7) Moses was still fully alive and able to speak to the people of Israel at the time of His death. Continue Reading…

Where is your confidence for the future placed: Deuteronomy 31 and 32

April 18, 2010 in Bible Blog with 1 Comment

Have you ever noticed that you can more easily remember song lyrics that you hear instead of something that you read? There are many songs that have cluttered up my mind but unfortunately I not have the same affinity to remember truly important things. As I type up this post I am listening to music that is mindlessly being remembered.

In Deuteronomy chapters 31 and 32 Moses’ time of leadership is concluding and Joshua’s leadership is starting. God forbid Moses to lead the people into the promised land because of his disobedience and lack of faith. What was Joshua thinking? He had only known Moses’ leadership since Egypt. How would you feel stepping into a leadership position that had been held for over forty years by Moses? Was despair creeping into the corners of Joshua’s mind? Continue Reading…

Choose life for you and your descendants: Deuteronomy 29 and 30

April 17, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments

The time Moses has with the Israelites is coming to a close. He is summing up what God desires for the people. In Deuteronomy chapters 29 and 30 Moses takes a moment to give one last reminder to the people of Israel, “You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land; the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor the eyes to see, nor ears to hear.” (29:2-4) The people were hard of heart and they didn’t understand, which sounds just me today. Continue Reading…

Foundation upon remembering Agape Love: Deuteronomy 5 and 6

April 2, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments

The foundations of life for the Israel are being repeated by Moses to all the people. Why is it necessary to repeat what had been told and recorded previously? God knows the hearts of men and through mans every act of unfaithfulness and rebellions God proved Himself faithful to us. The reservoir of God’s faithfulness is infinite and His love for the people of Israel is being expressed as He reminds the people of how to live their life. Continue Reading…

Words of encouragement to a generation: Deuteronomy 3 and 4

April 1, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments

What words of wisdom would you impart to a troubled soul? What charge do you give to people who are continually given over to straying from the commands of God? How do you encourage a people who you have represented before God? How do you sum up God’s desires for a people who are no longer going to be shepherded by you? This is the story seen in Deuteronomy chapters 3 and 4. Moses is forbidden by God to enter the promised land and he now gives last words of advice. Continue Reading…

Keys to effective and powerful leadership glimpsed: Numbers 27 and 28

February 18, 2010 in Bible Blog with 0 Comments

How would you view the end of your life? When I die what will my thoughts be like? Moses’ life is coming to an end in Numbers 27 and God tells him to walk up a mountain to see the promised land and then he would be gathered to his people. Why do both Moses and Aaron climb a mountain to die? I suppose for Moses it was to gain a view of the promised land before his death. When I learn that death is close at hand how will I act? I yet to face the reality of my own death and I feel like my whole life is still before me with an unlimited number of things to accomplish. Moses had a full life of learning to depend upon God as the people of Israel were brought out of captivity in Egypt. Moses’ main concern was for the well-being of the people when he asks God to “appoint a man over the congregation, who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep which have no shepherd.” Continue Reading…

The legacy of glacier melting and Rich Mullins

September 24, 2009 in Life with 1 Comment

I’m lying here in bed and I just finished watching a NOVA documentary about glaciers melting. Glaciers are massive and they seem unmovable but when you look at pictures over time you can really see the changes in them. I’m not looking to debate the effect of humans on global climate because I’d much rather talk about legacy. When a glacier melts completely it dies but you are able to see that there was a glacier present. The errosion of the ground and the boulders are sign posts to the glacier. When I die what will my legacy be? Will the lack of my existence be noticable? Continue Reading…

A mirror into life from reflections on God

June 10, 2008 in Life with 0 Comments

10_163I have been reading through all of my blog entries that I have written since 2005. The theme throughout the entries is “God is faithful and my trust, hope and being is only found in Him.” I had forgotten all of the turmoil that I went through over the years. It is amazing to feel the despairing I felt with all of my medical problems yet I never lost faith in God’s perfect will for my life. I am humbled because I am faithless!

“It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.” 2 Timothy 2:11-13
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Resolute resolution through the good, bad, and ugly times of life

December 31, 2006 in Life with 0 Comments

IMG_0479I have been thinking of all that I have gone through this last year. I am amazed of all that I have endured. I had 3 operations and over 10 months of non-weight bearing on my left foot. I wonder how I came through the pain, disappointment, fear and long nights which at times made me lose sight of morning. During the new year many people make resolutions because they feel that during the next year they will be able to make all of those changes in their lives that they deem necessary to fix a problem they have. After the year that I have been through I don’t care about resolutions….. I want to be resolute in my remembrance of how I overcame each hour of need. Continue Reading…

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