DECEMBER 15

Memory verse:-

"When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

                                                                                              -Deuteronomy 30:1-10

The Lord demanded circumcision of the flesh which started with Abraham. But in this New Testament faith such circumcision is not the priority but circumcision of the heart. By that we would not leave our lives like the children of this world but children of God who love Him with the totality of our being as humans. The Lord needs our heart-our total commitment to Him.

Prayer:-pray and commit your heart to God that He will have absolute control

              pray that the work of your hands will prosper daily and the fruit of your womb      be a blessing

What to meditate on:

Do we have to pray against our enemies?