There are so many things I love about Winter- like the beauty of the snow, Christmas and all its pageantry, and a time to slow down a little bit (at least you don’t have to mow the yard). But then there are the long dark days, the sharp chill of the northern wind, and the feeling of being stuck inside.I am thankful that God designed the seasons because they give us points of reference and new thin...  Read More

GOD'S POWERAPPLY THE TEXTBelievers can trust in God’s love for them.Believers should find their security in God alone.How have you seen God to be sufficient in times of need? Discuss with your Bible study group why people tend to look for security in something they can see and touch.Reflect on your own spiritual journey. Have you ever doubted that God loved you? What were you going through that ma...  Read More

 1.   In chapter 31:9–13, Moses commands the public       reading of Scripture. How consistently are you       engaging with God’s Word? What is one small       change you could make to grow in this area?2. God calls us to teach our children and others to    know and fear Him. How are you helping the next    generation hear, understand, and love God’s Word?3.  What does your obedience look like wh...  Read More

Deuteronomy 34:1-12  (HCSB)Moses’ Death34 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho, and the Lord showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan, 2 all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar...  Read More

Deuteronomy 33:26-29  (HCSB)26 There is none like the God of Jeshurun,who rides the heavens to your aid,the clouds in His majesty.27 The God of old is your dwelling place,and underneath are the everlasting arms.He drives out the enemy before youand commands, “Destroy!”28 So Israel dwells securely;Jacob lives untroubledin a land of grain and new wine;even his skies drip with dew.29 How happy you ar...  Read More

Deuteronomy 33:1-5 (HCSB)Moses’ Blessings33 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death. 2 He said:The Lord came from Sinaiand appeared to them from Seir;He shone on them from Mount Paranand came with ten thousand holy ones,with lightning from His right hand for them.3 Indeed He loves the people.All Your holy ones are in Your hand,and they assemble at Your...  Read More

Deuteronomy 31:14-23  (HCSB)14 The Lord said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting, 15 the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent. 16 The Lord said to Moses, “You ...  Read More

Deuteronomy 30:11-20  (HCSB)Choose Life11 “This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. 12 It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ 13 And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we ...  Read More

Believers Can Live Without Fear Knowing That They Serve the One True GodDeuteronomy 31:1-13  (HCSB)Joshua Takes Moses’ Place31 Then Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel, 2 saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader.The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan.’ 3 The Lord your God is the One who will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations ...  Read More

FULLY COMMITTEDAPPLY THE TEXTWe can trust God to give us the ability to obey His commands.People must choose whether they will follow God or not.Our desire to follow God influences our descendants’ choices to follow Him.Discuss the following: What can you do to help yourself understand God’s Word better? How can your Bible study group help people with little Bible knowledge to better understand Go...  Read More

Deuteronomy 30:1-10  (HCSB)Returning to the Lord30 “When all these things happen to you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today, 3 then He will...  Read More

Deuteronomy 29:22-29 (HCSB)22 “Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the Lord has inflicted on it. 23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which th...  Read More