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Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Nazarene Publishing House (The Foundry Publishing House) of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - the Global Church of the Nazarene for Tuesday, 5 September 2017 "Overcoming Every Hindrance" by Norayr Hajian -  

Deuteronomy 7:12-26 

Deuteronomy 7:“Because you are listening to these rulings, keeping and obeying them, Adonai your God will keep with you the covenant and mercy that he swore to your ancestors. 13 He will love you, bless you and increase your numbers; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground — your grain, wine, olive oil and the young of your cattle and sheep — in the land he swore to your ancestors that he would give you. 14 You will be blessed more than all other peoples; there will not be a sterile male or female among you, and the same with your livestock. 15 Adonai will remove all illness from you — he will not afflict you with any of Egypt’s dreadful diseases, which you have known; instead, he will lay them on those who hate you. 16 You are to devour all the peoples that Adonai your God hands over to you — show them no pity, and do not serve their gods, because that will become a trap for you. 17 If you think to yourselves, ‘These nations outnumber us; how can we dispossess them?’ 18 nevertheless, you are not to be afraid of them; you are to remember well what Adonai your God did to Pharaoh and all of Egypt — 19 the great ordeals which you yourself saw, and the signs, wonders, strong hand and outstretched arm by which Adonai your God brought you out. Adonai will do the same to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. 20 Moreover, Adonai your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and those who hide themselves perish ahead of you. 21 You are not to be frightened of them, because Adonai your God is there with you, a God great and fearsome. 22 Adonai your God will expel those nations ahead of you little by little; you can’t put an end to them all at once, or the wild animals will become too numerous for you. 23 Nevertheless, Adonai your God will give them over to you, sending one disaster after another upon them until they have been destroyed. 24 He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their name from under heaven; none of them will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. 25 You are to burn up completely the carved statues of their gods. Don’t be greedy for the silver or gold on them; don’t take it with you, or you will be trapped by it; for it is abhorrent to Adonai your God. 26 Don’t bring something abhorrent into your house, or you will share in the curse that is on it; instead, you are to detest it completely, loathe it utterly; for it is set apart for destruction.

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Maintaining an old car can be a serious test of one’s patience. One part is replaced and then another. Just when things are starting to run smoothly, another part breaks down. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
As God prepared His people to enter the Promised Land, He warned them that they would face many challenges. There would be powerful enemies. There would be foreign gods. There would be the lure of silver and gold. It would be one thing after another. As they faced these temptations, they were to have nothing to do with any of them; instead, these temptations were to be completely destroyed.
If they were relying on their own strength, they would surely fail. God reminded them that through His power, little by little, the way would be opened for them. They would do what seemed impossible.
Is there anything in your life that could be a danger to your relationship with the Lord? Is there anything that needs to be removed? God is still in the business of helping His people overcome the things that hinder. He is all-powerful. Pray that God will help you as you walk in obedience to Him.
Hymn for Today:

"Standing on the Promises" by R. Kelso Carter

1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King, 

through eternal ages let his praises ring; 

glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, 

standing on the promises of God. 

Refrain: 

Standing, standing, 

standing on the promises of Christ my Savior; 

standing, standing, 

I'm standing on the promises of God. 

2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, 

when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, 

by the living Word of God I shall prevail, 

standing on the promises of God. 

Refrain: 

Standing, standing, 

standing on the promises of Christ my Savior; 

standing, standing, 

I'm standing on the promises of God. 

3. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, 

bound to him eternally by love's strong cord, 

overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword, 

standing on the promises of God. 

Refrain: 

Standing, standing, 

standing on the promises of Christ my Savior; 

standing, standing, 

I'm standing on the promises of God. 

4. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, 

listening every moment to the Spirit's call, 

resting in my Savior as my all in all, 

standing on the promises of God. 

Refrain: 

Standing, standing, 

standing on the promises of Christ my Savior; 

standing, standing, 

I'm standing on the promises of God.  

Thought for Today:

Yah is my strength and my song,

and he has become my salvation.(Psalm 118:14).
Please pray:

For faculty and students as they prepare for Christian ministry in Costa rica.
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