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Love the Lord When we fear God as we ought, we will love Him as He desires. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all…

Fear the Lord Spiritual discipline begins in the soul’s attitude toward God. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him,…

The Source of Spiritual Disciplines Even the discipline we need is a gift of God’s grace. “Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your ways, that I may know you in order to find…

Why Spiritual Disciplines? Our sinful nature makes spiritual disciplines most necessary. When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who…

The Training of the Soul Gaining the promises of God does not come naturally. “You shall love the LORD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:5 The worldview rooted in the…

The Hereafter God’s Law indicates an eternal continuance with Him. And the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers.” Deuteronomy 31:16 God declared Himself to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.…

The Future God’s Law points His people to the generations. “…for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate…

The Power of God God’s power is over everything that He has made. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them, and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your…

Satan He is not much discussed in the Law, but Satan is present throughout. Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. Genesis 3:1 How did sin become established…

Sin Sin prevents God’s people from knowing the promises of His covenant. “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with…