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Tuesday
Scripture lesson: Deuteronomy 6:1-6 The Shema
Time to reflect: Verse 4 is considered to be the heart of and most basic creed of Judaism. It is certainly in the top 5 for Christianity. To live up to this whole passage would require a high level of devotion, yet this is what we are called to. [A technical issue in verse 5: ?heart? for the Biblical writers wasn't the seat of emotion as we use the word, but the seat of reason and intelligence. ?Soul? is actually one's ?total being? not just one's ?spiritual side.?]
Moving through the day: work up a plan for moving your life a little closer to the commands of this passage.
Scripture:
Deuteronomy 6:1-6
The Great Commandment
Now this is the commandment?the statutes and the ordinances?that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, so that you and your children and your children?s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life, and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.
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