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March 9
Tuesday


DON'T FORGET

READ:
Deut. 8:1-2, 10-18
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Beware that you do not
forget the LORD your
God by not keeping His
commandments
__Deuteronomy 8:11
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One of my favorite Far Side cartoons is captioned "Superman in his later years." It shows the elderly Man of Steel perched on a window ledge, ready to leap, as he looks back and says, "Now where was I going?"

Forgetfulness happens to us all, and while our occasional lapses may be amusing or annoying, a lack of memory toward God can be disastrous.

With the people of Israel poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses challenged them to "remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness" (Deut. 8:2) and to "beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments" (v.11).

Forgetting God can spring from: Testing (vv.2-4). God allowed His people to hunger and then provided manna. When we lack the necessities of life, it's easy to feel that God has somehow forgotten us. Satisfaction (vv.10-11). Abundance or need may produce spiritual amnesia because both cause us to focus on ourselves, not on God who provides. Pride (vv.12-16). If prosperity brings a feeling of self-accomplishment, then we have forgotten God.

Humility, obedience, and praise help us remember God's faithful provision and care. Let's not forget to thank Him today for all He's done.
__David McCasland
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```````````````````````Lest I forget Gethsemane,````````````````
```````````````````````Lest I forget Thine agony,````````````````
`````````````````````Lest I forget Thy love for me,```````````````
`````````````````````Lead me to Calvary. __Hussey``````````````
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Never let the abundance of God's gifts
cause you to forget the Giver.

***********Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronmy 8:1-2,10-18*******

1 Every commandment
which I command you today
you must be careful to
observe, that you may live
and multiply, and go in and
possess the land of which the
LORD swore to your fathers.

2 And you shall remember
that the LORD your God led
you all the way these forty
years in the wilderness, to
humble you and test you, to
know what was in your
heart, whether you would
keep His commandments
or not....

10 When you have eaten
and are full, then you shall
bless the LORD your God for
the good land which He has
given you.

11 Beware that you do not
forget the LORD your God by
not keeping His
commandments, His
judgments, and His statutes
which I command you today,

12 lest--when you have eaten
and are full, and have built
beautiful houses and dwell in
them; 13 and when your
herds and your flocks
multiply, and your silver and
your gold are multiplied, and
all that you have is
multiplied; 14 when your
heart is lifted up, and you
forget the LORD your God
who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage; 15 who led
you through that great and
terrible wilderness...who
brought water for you out of
the flinty rock; 16 who fed
you in the wilderness with
manna, which your fathers
did not know, that He might
humble you and that He
might test you to do you
good in the end-- 17 then
you say in your heart, "My
power and the might of my
hand have gained me this
wealth."

18 And you shall remember
the LORD your God, for it is
He who gives you power to
get wealth, that He may
establish His covenant which
He swore to your fathers, as
it is this day.