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Word of the Day: Deuteronomy 30:20

Walk with Jesus

Happy New Year!

Well, it's here again, a new year, a new beginning, a new chance to finish previous year's projects, lose previous year's pounds, rekindle previous year's hopes. We all do it, it's part of who we are, we want a fresh start and a new beginning. Fortunately, God is a God of second chances and fresh starts.

After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness God gave the nation of Israel a huge second chance and an incredible fresh start opportunity. Only one thing was required of them...choose life! God put before them "life and death, the blessing and the curse" (Deuteronomy 30:19) and all they had to do was choose life. He offers the same to us everyday! Jesus said He came to "give us life and life abundant." We don't have to live miserably mediocre lives, like Israel, we only need to choose life! For the pragmatists among us the big question is HOW??

Deuteronomy 30:20 gives us three how's, "by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him..." Tomorrow we'll look at each of the three and try to paint a picture of how to choose life! For today, let's ask our gracious God to be real to us and do whatever necessary in our lives that we would choose life; that we would choose Jesus!

His Kingdom Come,
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