“Fear the LORD your god, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you:” One of the things we have talked quite a bit about in this bible study group is the following of only one God. The girls and I have talked about Scientology, yoga, horoscopes, and other spiritually borderline stuff. We have talked about others they know who believe a little of everything to make up what they “justify” as their belief system. We have wrestled with the whys and we have talked about what people “make up” to worship. We have explored where these combo meals get people. The conclusion of these 13 year old girls was that it missed the mark. The full covering came from only one source and there was peace and comfort in all that. The be careful part of this verse is you really have to watch what seeps into your belief system and you have to watch what you pass on to your kids. They are watching who you give all the glory to. Make the choice easy for them; pick only one…THE only one!

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In Deuteronomy 6:10-12 God spells out all the wondrous things we have to rejoice in. They are SIMPLE things like land with cities, houses filled with good things, wells, vineyards and olive groves. What more could you want? They are not the complicated things we have made them to be today. What God originally gave us was all that we needed to live and eat with good things. He needed us to remember where all this came from and in its purest form. What was the big deal about remembering all of this anyway? When we forget to acknowledge who gives us our gifts/blessings, the magnitude of those gifts diminishes. They can fade to the point of feeling like we were owed these things and we forget what it took to make them.

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Well, you can be overwhelmed right now or you can just get started somewhere doing something of what God has commanded you to do. To be honest…getting overwhelmed is not an option. Getting overwhelmed is like saying to your child “since I think I might fail at this or don’t want to look foolish in front of you or I don’t have time to add ONE more thing to my plate, then I am not going to try at all.” Sorry, not acceptable. It doesn’t matter if the only thing you start with is saying a blessing before a meal EVERY time you eat. Or asking your child when they jump in the car EVERY day, “Hey, any blessings God showed you today?” Or waking them up EVERY morning with a small prayer of thanks for the day that is to come. Did you catch what was key? EVERY. When the journey begins between you and your kids, it has to be intentional. Without the intent, without the non-negotiable behavior, without the “stick to it” determination, it will fall away like all great things that start on a Monday with gusto and end on Saturday with a fizzle. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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