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

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 19–Verse 15A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.In a way, this law provided protection. Guilt had to be established by two or more witnesses, not just one.In the same way, God ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 18--Verse 18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.Even in Moses’s time, prophecies were being made about Jesus. In John 5, Jesus was talking about the witnesses that prove He is the Messiah; He ends the passage by saying, “…if you believed Moses...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 17–Verses 18-19aAnd when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that….When the Jews would one day ask God for a king to lead them, one of the requirements of the king was that he must copy the law an...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 16--Verse 6On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.Interesting, sometimes things are misheard or misinterpreted. But without other witnesses, it may hold no credibility. Especially when it comes to serious matters, for example, isn’t it imp...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 15--Verses 7-8 (CSB)If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.I love the way Our Father is intentional about loving an...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 14–Clean, unclean, clean, unclean. I often wonder how the Israelites kept it all straight! This chapter may seem like it’s just full of tedious rules, but when we step back, we can see that God has a greater purpose in these regulations–holiness. He didn’t set the Israelites apart so he could boss them around and impose a bunch of rules on them. No, he set them ap...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 13–Verse 4You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.‭‭Just because something looks good, doesn’t mean it is good. In this passage, the Lord is reminding the Israelites that it’s easy to be led astray by signs, wonders, and influential friends or family. We must alw...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Deuteronomy 12--Verse 30Take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’It’s amazing to me that people could worship false idols of wood, stone, or gold that cannot  think, breathe, speak or even move.It’s ma...  Read More