Category Archives: discipleship

other peoples’ future

  Deuteronomy 2:22-23 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:22 This was just as he had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when he exterminated the Horites ahead of them; they took possession from them and have lived in their … Continue reading

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pine boxes

  Deuteronomy 2:16-21 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:16 “When all the fighting men had died among the people, Deuteronomy 2:17 Yahveh spoke to me, and this is what he said: Deuteronomy 2:18 ‘Today you are going to cross the border of Moab … Continue reading

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long waits

  Deuteronomy 2:13-15 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:13 “Yahveh said, ‘Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley. Deuteronomy 2:14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years … Continue reading

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not our circus, not our monkeys

  Deuteronomy 2:9-12 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:9 Yahveh said to me, ‘Show no hostility toward Moab, and do not provoke them to battle, because I will not give you any of their land as a possession, since I have given Ar … Continue reading

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not even a foot-width

  Deuteronomy 2:1-5 (JDV) Deuteronomy 2:1 “Then we turned back and headed for the open country by way of the Red Sea, as Yahveh had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days. Deuteronomy … Continue reading

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Israel who?

  Deuteronomy 1:44-46 (JDV) Deuteronomy 1:44 Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you as if you were a swarm of bees. They crushed1 you from Seir as far as Hormah. Deuteronomy 1:45 When you … Continue reading

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destiny and development

  Deuteronomy 38-40 (JDV) Deuteronomy 1:38 Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Make him strong,1 because he will enable Israel to inherit it. Deuteronomy 1:39 Your children, whom you said would be plunder, your sons who … Continue reading

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why we need the armor

Ephesians 6:13-15 (JDV) Ephesians 6:13 For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. Ephesians 6:14 Stand, then, with … Continue reading

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honoring parents and mutual submission

Ephesians 6:1-3 (JDV) Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right. Ephesians 6:2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, Ephesians 6:3 so that it may go well with … Continue reading

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resurrection life today

Ephesians 5:18-20 (JDV) Ephesians 5:18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Breath: Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your … Continue reading

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