Deuteronomy 10
- Renewal of the Covenant (verses 1-11)
- What does the Lord tell Moses to do in the first verse?
- Who wrote the ten commandments on the tablets?
- Who was to carry the Ark of the Covenant?
- How long was Moses on the mountain?
- THE BASIC REQUIREMENT (verses 12-22)
- Obedience is the requirement in one word
- The Lord requires nothing less of believers today
- Read John 14:21-23
- The Lord requires nothing less of believers today
- Write out Deuteronomy 10:12-13
- Write out verse 16
- What else does Moses tell the Israelites that is important?
- Obedience is the requirement in one word
Deuteronomy 11
- Remember and Obey (verses 1-25)
- What does verses 2-6 tells us that the Israelites saw God do?
- Write out verse 7
- Why were they to keep God’s commands according to verse 8-9?
- What will God provide if they keep His commands?
- Write out verse 18-21
- A Blessing and a Curse (verses 26-32)
- When will there be a blessing?
- When will there be a curse?
Deuteronomy 12
- The Chosen Place to Worship (verses 1-9)
- Write out verses 2-3
- What are they to do instead of worshipping God in the ways the other nations did?
- Write out verse 8
- THE BASIC DIFFERENCES (verses 10-14)
- The Old and the New Testaments differ basically.
- A special place to worship God is emphasized in the Old Testament
- Jesus changed the old emphasis from a place to a person
- Read John 4:20-26
- Read Acts 8:27-31, 35-37
- The eunuch had been to the right place, for the right purpose, and read the right book.
- Philip preached to him Jesus and he went away rejoicing.
- From a place in the Old to a Person in the New.
- The Old and the New Testaments differ basically.
- Slaughtering Animals to Eat (verses 15-32)
- When can they slaughter animals to eat?
- What are they not allowed to do?
- Write out verses 18-19
- What are they reminded of in regards to eating animals in verses 20-28?
- Explain what they are being told in verses 29-32
What did you learn today in this reading? What do you feel the Lord is telling you specifically to do, not do or that needs to be worked on? What application of the word are you walking away with today?
Reflection: Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in him a source of sustenance beyond food. Through it, we learn by experience the God’s Word is to us a life substance, that it is not food (“bread”) alone that gives life, but also the words that proceed from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). We learn that we too have meat to eat that the world does not know about (John 4:32-34). Fasting unto our Lord is therefore feasting – feasting on him and on doing his will.
Psalm 17 – today make this a prayer of your heart. Take this and meditate on each of the verses, asking God to search your heart and see if there be any wicked way in you. And then pray this prayer of protection over you and your family.
Connect With the Word 
As I read this text, I sat and pondered the difference between worship in the temple and worshipping wherever I am at. I thought about the sacrifices that had to be made so that I could be atoned for (the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged) verses today where all I have to do is pray and I now have direct access to God. I feel so blessed to be on this side of history when I think of things like this – though I would love to have been in the bible times…I am a homesteader at heart. HAHA.
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o Write out Deuteronomy 10:12-13
12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. 13 And you must always obey the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.”
Matthw 22: 34-40 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. 35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’[e] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[f] 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
My thoughts: I love that following God’s ways are for our own good, as well as for others. His ways are pleasing, good, rich, satisfying-the only way to live.
A good reminder is that we cannot obey God’s laws on our own. If we could, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2: 20-21). Our Holy Spirit lives in us full time-giving us the want to and the power to do what pleases him (Philippians 2: 12-13).
Thank you, God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit for you!!
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