Deuteronomy 13-15

This is a reminder that we do not have the luxury of looking like world. We must strive as people of God to look like him. We can miss out on ministry opportunities when we do what the world is doing. People willl not respect us as people of God if they see us being worldly just like we are. We must strive to be holy like God is holy. We represent him. Whatever reputation we have, God has.

Deuteronomy 10-12

This is a reminder that God rehearses history in the old testament so the people of God could ultimately see that they are repeating the same cycle in their relationship with him. Today the church leaders, like Moses, have fallen prey to a cycle where they are more worried about people obeying God than they are about being obedient to God. The church and those on the christian journey are more worried about saving people than sharing the gospel. In these cases, we are to do things God's way. Obey God. That is the sum of our calling. We cannot make others do anything. That has never been our calling. We must stay out of God's business. We must break the cycles of thinking that we are not successful because people don't live saved or we can't save them. Both of these are God's job, not our job. We can stop this by looking at our personal history with God and asking God to reveal the spiritual cycles in our lives that we need to break. Then we need to ask him to help us break the cycle.

Deuteronomy 7-9

This is a reminder that we need to be real. God is our only righteosness. It is not us. We often take credit for what God is doing in our lives. God was a promise keeper in the old testament and he is a promise keeper in the new testament. God blesses us because of who he is, not because of who we are. God will always do what he said he would regardless of what we do.

Deuteronomy 4-6

This is a reminder that God knows us better than we know ourselves. God does not make rules haphazardly. There is always something more profound behind every rule, every commandment. The commandments help us to live saved and walk by faith and not by sight. It is a spiritual thing.

Deuteronomy 1-3

This is a reminder that our decisions and our faith walk should not be based on fears, especially fears of man. Fears of th size of person, a company, or even a problem are just distractions to throw us off of making the right decision, judging things fairly, or being obedient to God. The same holds true for our financial deficits or our position in the face of trials. Nothing or no one is bigger than God. We must learn to walk in his word not the fear from looking at our circumstances. We are also reminded that the set up in businesses started from the structure God gavw moses in bublical times. The bible is a true history book.

Numbers 34-36

This a reminder that God really does know better. When God has designated something particularly for you, you should walk in that. If you choose something because it looks good and seems to have everything you need, you may be setting yourself up for disaster. The tribes of Gad, Reuben and half of Manasseh chose a land different than what God had prepared for them. God's promise land meant fighting to clear the people slready in the land. When we fight for ours, we learn lessons we would not have learned. We become the best version of ourselves. We have a different mindset once we have endured. and fought for our victory. Trusting God's plan allows us to walk in victory and thrive in life. God may allow us to do what we choose, we need to be prepared for the consequences of our own choices.

Numbers 31-33

This is a reminder of how God protects the children of God and avenges those who come against or cause the children of God to sin, to commit idolatry or sexual immorality. Be careful not to be the one who introduces people to doing some unrighteousness. God will take revenge on you. Even if not today, but God will eventually take revenge. God told the people of God to destoy them in war.

This is a reminder that we must be willing to be in the background before we are in the foreground as a leader. We must be willing to learn and grow so that we are ready when our time of appointment from God comes. This is the example that Joshua showed us.

Numbers 25-27

This is a reminder of the costs of our actions not matching our talk. The talk of a saved person will sync with the actions of a saved person if we believe what we are saying. The ultimate test of our belief is what we do, not what we say. Christians should remember that we should not do the same things that the world does. we have to make a choice. It is ours to make. It is also ours to deal with what happens as a result of our choices.

Numbers 22-24

This is a reminder to not entertain the plan of the enemy. We must be for God or the enemy. There is no middle ground. Balaam was a prophet of God which also dabbled in the things of the world. He was known for blessing people, but he was also known for cursing people. He was called to curse God's people. If it had not been for God, Balaam would have done it for hire. God intervened and Balaam ended up blessing the people of God 3 times. An ass had to save Balaam's life when an angel of death was going to kill him. The donkey dashed Balaam's feet against the wall to save him. The donkey spoke when Balaam struck him 3 times. Likewise, God has to hurt us or allow hurt in order to save our lives. When God opened Balaam's eyes he saw the angel of death and fell on his face and repented.