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\nDeu 30:11-20<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u201cFor this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.\u00a0It is not in heaven, that you should say, \u2018Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?\u2019\u00a0Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, \u2018Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?\u2019\u00a0But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.\u00a0\u201cSee, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.\u00a0If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.\u00a0But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,\u00a0I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.\u00a0I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,\u00a0loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It is an intentional choice of the heart and mind and soul to continually follow, trust, rely on, obey, and have faith in Jesus Christ. There is no middle ground. It is all or nothing and it is an intentional choice. We choose to humbly serve, honor, and obey in every aspect of our thoughts, words, and actions so that Jesus Christ is honored and glorified. If we give partial nods toward this absolute, we are not committed, nor have we chosen to give our whole self and all we think, say, and do to honor and glorify Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Being lukewarm is a denial of His worth to be honored and glorified and praised and worshipped. What kind of commitment is this to the one and only Son of God who willingly left heaven and came to earth to be beaten and nailed to a cross for our sins?\u00a0 <\/span>Neglect of God\u2019s Word will lead to being lukewarm at best. Neglect is an intentional choice. Neglect happens when we allow the busyness of life or sin to rule over our commitment to Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Our growth in the understanding and knowledge of God comes through His Word and the application of it through the Holy Spirit\u2019s leading. If there is a lack of His Word in our lives we deny the importance of it and are intentionally choosing not to get closer to God. It would seem we fail to understand this principle. Can a person spend too much time in God\u2019s Word? No. Can a person be affected by the lack of His Word in their lives? Yes<\/p>\n
Take some time to look into your time in His Word. If you would be embarrassed should anyone know, then you have answered the question. It should be out of humility that we do this and not with pride. The more time we spend in His Word the more we will understand of His grace, mercy, and love.\u00a0 <\/span>This understanding will humble you in ways that lead to reverence and the want to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all thoughts, words, and actions continually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Spend time in His Word with an open heart and mind. Ask Him to fill you with understanding, knowledge, and wisdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deu 30:11-20\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFor this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.\u00a0It is not in heaven, that you should say, \u2018Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?\u2019\u00a0Neither is it beyond the sea, … Continue reading “52.x. Wilderness – 17.c. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4083,18280,7474,8956,7475,3205,5647,9068,9070,4448,18279,6974,38,18286,18284,3216,6865,5118,18134,8858,18287,9067,17769,17845,18283,2209,7448,9918,655,18285,18282,18281,2757,18278,739,18],"class_list":["post-192822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-abraham","tag-beyond-the-sea","tag-blessing-and-curse","tag-bring-it-to-us","tag-choose-life","tag-command","tag-commandment","tag-death-and-evil","tag-drawn-away","tag-give-them","tag-hear-it-and-do-it","tag-heart-turns-away","tag-heaven","tag-heaven-and-earth-to-witness-against-you","tag-i-declare","tag-in-your-heart","tag-isaac","tag-jacob","tag-keeping-his-commandments","tag-length-of-days","tag-life-and-death","tag-life-and-good","tag-live-and-multiply","tag-loving-the-lord-your-god","tag-not-hear","tag-rules","tag-serve-them","tag-set-before-you","tag-statutes","tag-surely-perish","tag-take-possession-of-it","tag-the-word-is-very-near-you","tag-today","tag-too-hard-for-you","tag-walking-in-his-ways","tag-worship"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192822"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192851,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192822\/revisions\/192851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}