In the first and second edition of the WEEKLY DEVOTIONS for 2006 we talked about certain things that we must do that will bring changes in our lives and will transfigure us. Let us recall some of those points once more. "Be Reborn again, Put on the New Man, get rid of your old evil nature and its wicked deeds" and confess Sin that blocks our path to God and His Word. You have to Repent, that is turn away from your sins, ask Forgiveness to all those whom you have hurt and Forgive all those who have hurt you and ask God His Pardon whom you have so often offended. We must also Love. How can we do this? Only by Building on Jesus Christ the R.O.C., our Lord and Savior for all those who accept, believe and put their faith in Him and by Confessing and Renouncing their Sins.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Keep on praying, this world is in great need of it. "Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."
Presenting the third edition for 2006 of the WEEKLY DEVOTIONS: Obeying all the Laws and Commandments of our Living God.
Open up our Spirits to the Intelligence of your Law
The LORD said to Moses, Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19:1- 4
Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another. Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him. Do not hold back the wages of a hired man overnight. Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD. Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD. Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:11-18
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! Isaiah 1:10 Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Isaiah 1:16-20
Moses spoke to the whole people of Israel, saying:
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Let us Listen and Apply Ourselves to all of God’s Laws and Commandments!!!!!!!
