OUR DAILY BREAD : VISIBLE REMINDERS

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August 28
Tuesday


VISIBLE
REMINDERS

READ:
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
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These words which I
command you today
shall be in your heart.
__Deuteronomy 6:6
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A growing number of people find that wearing a pedometer helps them increase their level of daily exercise. The step-counting device is both a recorder and a motivator for them. Knowing how many steps they take encourages them to walk more.

One woman, whose goal was to take 10,000 steps a day, began parking farther away from her workplace and doing more active tasks around the office. Her awareness of the pedometer helped produce a lifestyle change.

Observable reminders have a place in our walk with Christ as well. When God instructed the Israelites to keep His commands in their hearts, He also told them to make visible reminders fo the Word: "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates" (Deut. 6:8-9). The purpose was not physical decoration but spiritual deliverance: "Beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage" (v.12).

Words of Scripture on a plaque, a memory card, or a calendar can turn our focus toward the Lord throughout the day. These visible reminders of Christ and His Word will encourage our steps of obedience to Him. __David McCasland
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE~~~~~~~~~~~~

__Memorize a verse of Scripture as you go to work.
__ write a verse on a card, and tape it where it is visible.
__ Meditate on that verse during the day.
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store the Bible in your heart,
not on the shelf.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronomy 6:1-9**********

1 Now this is the
commandment, and these
are the statutes and
judgments which the LORD
your God has commanded
to teach you, that you may
observe them in the land
which you are crossing over
to possess, 2 that you may
fear the LORD your God, to
keep all His statutes and
His commandments which I
command you, you and
your son and your
grandson, all the days of
your life, and that your
days may be prolonged.

3 Therefore hear, O Israel,
and be careful to observe it,
that it may be well with
you, and that you may
multiply greatly as the
LORD God of your fathers
has promised you __"a land
flowing with milk and
honey."

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD
our God, the LORD is one!

5 You shall love the LORD
your God with all your
heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength.

6 And these words which I
command you today shall
be in your heart. 7 You shall
teach them diligently to
your children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in
your house, when you walk
by the way, when you lie
down, and when you rise
up. 8 You shall bind them as
a sign on your hand, and
they shall be as frontlets
between your eyes. 9 You
shall write them on the
doorposts of your house
and on your gates.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, known as the Shema (from Hebrew for "hear"),
is the basic Jewish confession of faith (also Nu. 15:37-41; Deut.
11:13-21). The Shema is recited twice daily by all devout Jews.
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 and calls it "the first and great
commandment" (Matt. 22:36_38). _SKT