“IF you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today…” (Deuteronomy 28:1). That’s a big IF…  God’s promises are overwhelming. He has vowed to enrich your life here and now, beyond imagination… IF… The condition is significant. And when you dare read the second section…

Today, we are reading the first portion of Deuteronomy 28 (below). Be warned, you will find these words almost impossible to believe. “This can’t be for me…” But do not trust your skepticism. Instead. Pray as you read, line by line. Pray, “God, do you mean this? Is this too good to be true, or…

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on…

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine” (Isaiah 55:8). For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. (II Corinthians 2:16) I am not smart enough.…

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