"Hear, O Israel:  the LORD our God, the LORD is one.  Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.  Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."  Deuteronomy 6:4-9

As the children of Israel were preparing to enter the promised land to take possession of it, God had, through His servant Moses, gather them together to remind them of His commands that He had given them.  Note that they were to commit their entire being to Him and that they were once again called to be obedient to His revealed will.

God knew that if they would forget about Him and His will, as they had done repeatedly, as they had wandered in the wilderness.  Yet, He hoped that they would remain faithful and garner all of the blessings that He desired to shower upon them.  It is for this reason that He commanded that they immerse themselves in His Word.

The Word of God was to be memorized.  It was to be taught to the children.  It was to occupy daily conversation.  God gave further suggestions that would be visible to them and serve as reminders of His commands and the need for total obedience.

What about today. . . is there still a need for God's children to be fully committed to the will of God?  Is there still need for a daily immersion in His Word?  What do you think. . . how often have we gone astray, seeking our own way?  How often have we forgotten about God and our daily worship of Him?  Have we, by our behavior, excluded ourselves from His rich and abundant blessings?

There is a need for us to hear this word from God, even today.  God calls us to full obedience to His will.  He desires that, as we are connected to Him, we need to remain faithful.  We need to daily read His Word so that it might guide our paths and direct our daily service of Him.

It is my prayer that you are regular in the reading of God's Word and that you instruct your children concerning all that He has taught us.  It is my hope that we can regularly remind each other of God's love and the need for us to grow in a loving relationship with Him and each other.  Imagine if our daily interactions with each other and those who might not know Him was "salted" with His Word.  And, finally, when we are confronted with having forgotte Him, that we receive His forgiveness as revealed in His Word.

Keep this in mind as you are both disciple and teacher of God's Word -- the source of our salvation by His grace.

To God be the Glory!

Rev. Ricky P. Schroeder, M.Ed.

"Hear, O Israel:  the LORD our God, the LORD is one.  Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.  Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."  Deuteronomy 6:4-9

As the children of Israel were preparing to enter the promised land to take possession of it, God had, through His servant Moses, gather them together to remind them of His commands that He had given them.  Note that they were to commit their entire being to Him and that they were once again called to be obedient to His revealed will.

God knew that if they would forget about Him and His will, as they had done repeatedly, as they had wandered in the wilderness.  Yet, He hoped that they would remain faithful and garner all of the blessings that He desired to shower upon them.  It is for this reason that He commanded that they immerse themselves in His Word.

The Word of God was to be memorized.  It was to be taught to the children.  It was to occupy daily conversation.  God gave further suggestions that would be visible to them and serve as reminders of His commands and the need for total obedience.

What about today. . . is there still a need for God's children to be fully committed to the will of God?  Is there still need for a daily immersion in His Word?  What do you think. . . how often have we gone astray, seeking our own way?  How often have we forgotten about God and our daily worship of Him?  Have we, by our behavior, excluded ourselves from His rich and abundant blessings?

There is a need for us to hear this word from God, even today.  God calls us to full obedience to His will.  He desires that, as we are connected to Him, we need to remain faithful.  We need to daily read His Word so that it might guide our paths and direct our daily service of Him.

It is my prayer that you are regular in the reading of God's Word and that you instruct your children concerning all that He has taught us.  It is my hope that we can regularly remind each other of God's love and the need for us to grow in a loving relationship with Him and each other.  Imagine if our daily interactions with each other and those who might not know Him was "salted" with His Word.  And, finally, when we are confronted with having forgotte Him, that we receive His forgiveness as revealed in His Word.

Keep this in mind as you are both disciple and teacher of God's Word -- the source of our salvation by His grace.

To God be the Glory!

Rev. Ricky P. Schroeder, M.Ed.