14  No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. 15  See, He goes on to make the choice even more stark: if your heart turns away and you are not obedient...  

requests before you and wait expectantly; v7 - In reverence I bow down toward your holy temple; v8 - Make Be reminded as you begin each day that all who take refuge in the Lord will be glad and will ever sing

Jesus makes this abundantly clear by declaring the cup to be representative of a new covenant in His Dig Deeper There are very few hard and fast commands Christians must adhere to. There are very few must do's obligating Christians to perform certain religious tasks. He's very aware that you have five senses, and so He's given you this meal in which all of your senses Participating in communion is not an optional 'extra' that you can take or leave.

you be secure. 7  May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” 8  For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” 9  For the sake of the house of the Lord What changes need to occur to make you desire to be there the way the psalmists do in these Psalms of

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But in more abstract terms, Jesus saved you by revealing His Father, making God's sovereign, saving grace Remember that you remain in these very same hands, protected and preserved by God's powerful grace, which

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If ever Jesus displayed patience, it was here. certainly dead; after all that and more the disciples still think Jesus had done all of that just to make the reasons for our only comfort, we'll spend this week understanding how amazing it is that at this very

But Jesus' parable makes clear that many people couldn't care less about the invitation they've received