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February 26
Friday


UNDER NEW
ORDERS

READ:
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
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Love the LORD your
God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and
with all your mind.
__Matthew 22:37
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Herman Wouk's thrilling World War 2 novel The Caine Mutiny contains an excellent illustration of what happens when someone becomes a follower of God.

In the novel, a young man from an influential family has enlisted in the Navy. On the day of his induction, his mother drops him off in her fancy car and then kisses him goodbye. He shakes hands with the guard
as he enters the building, and the door closes behind him.

His mother, suddenly worried that he might not have enough money, rushes up to the door. But the guard politely stops her. When she demands entrance he refuses to let her in. She can see her son standing inside the door, so she reaches for the doorknob. "He's my son!" she cries. The guard gently removes her hand from the knob and says softly, "I know, Ma'am, but he belongs to Uncle Sam now. He's a sailor."

When we believe in Jesus Christ and become His followers, we are under new authority. We are subject to new commands. Now we belong to Him. What was once important to us loses its significance. We evaluate things differently. Our new desire is to love and serve the Lord with all our heart (Deut. 6:5-6). Have you joined His ranks? __Dave Egner
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````````````````Jesus my Lord will love me forever,```````````````
```````````````From Him no power of evil can sever;```````````````
```````````````He gave His life to ransom my soul__```````````````
``````````````````Now I belong to Him! __Clayton````````````````
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Followers of Christ get their
marching orders from Him.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronomy 6:1-9********

1 Now this is the
commandment, and these are
the statutes and judgments
which the LORD your God
has commanded to teach
you, that you may observe
them in the land which you
are crossing over to possess,

2 that you may fear the LORD
your God, to keep all His
statutes and His
commandments which I
command you, you and your
son and your grandson, all
the days of your life, and
that your days may be
prolonged. 3 Therefore hear,
O Israel, and be careful to
observe it, that it may be
well with you, and that you
may multiply greatly as
the LORD God of your fathers
has promised you))"a land
flowing with milk and
honey.


4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD
our God, the LORD is one!

5 You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with
all your strength.

6 And these words which I
command you today shall be
in your heart. 7 You shall
teach them diligently to your
children, and shall talk of
them when you lie down, and
when you rise up. 8 You shall
bind them as a sign on your
hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between your eyes.

9 You shall write them on the
doorposts of your house and
on your gates.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, known as the Shema (from Hebrew for
"hear"), is the basic Jewish confession of faith. Every devout Jew is to recited the Shema twice daily as a reminder of the first two
commandments (Ex. 20:3-5). Later, Jesus called this "the first and
great commandment" (Matt. 22:36-38). __SIM KAY TEE