Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 31–Verse 14And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.”I love how this passage shows the God-ordained transition of leadership between Moses and Joshua. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that we won’t be in the positions we hold forever. There will be t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 30--Verse 14But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul” has been a theme throughout Deuteronomy. The command to love God above all else is possible because of His words. When we keep His words in our hearts and in our mouths, we are encouraged to ful...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 29--Verse 29The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.The fact is, there are many things we don’t know and won’t know this side of heaven, and that’s ok. We serve a God who knows everything, and He has given us all we need to know. As believers, ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 28--Verse 10And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.Now I don’t think we want people to be afraid of us, but there is something people should see when they encounter believers, something holy. We have the Holy Spirit inside of us. When we are in a room God is there too. If you are in a...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 27—Verses 1b-3 (HCSB)Keep every command I am giving you today. At the time you cross the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up large stones and cover them with plaster. Write all the words of this law on the stones after you cross to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the G...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 26–Verses 12-13bWhen you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the immigrant, the orphan, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled, then you will say before the LORD your God…. ‘I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten the...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 25–Verses 15-16A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.God is just. His word is true. His inch is an inch, his pound a pound. And he wants us to be the same....  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 24--Verse 16Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.Have you ever thought an outcome was not fair? Perhaps you were punished too harshly for a wrong you committed, or perhaps you weren’t punished at all when you truly deserved to be.Our ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 23–Verse 23No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation…God was saying these people were trouble, so don’t make alliances with them. They snubbed you, they cursed you, and, in Numbers 25, they seduced you. And since they cursed you, they brought a curse upon themselves - down to the 10th generation! Generational curses ca...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 22—Verse 1You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother.God wanted his people to live in harmony and part of that happens when we look out for each other. He was teaching his children how to be ‘others-focused’ and how to treat each other how they’d want to be treated. You see a brother in n...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 21–Verse 23b…for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.This Old Testament law guides the care for a person who was hanged. It shows that the body must be treated with dignity, and the gravity of the situation in which the whole land can become defiled through the mishandling of such a ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 20--Verse 8Is there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.Fear has a way of spreading like no one’s business. A feeble voice here and a couple of murmurs there can send a cold shiver through the camp. That’s why you want to manage your environment well and listen to only the b...  Read More