Deuteronomy? Really?
It may sound painful and old. But it’s not!
It’s Your Choice
God is still speaking today—to us—through these 10 verses (Deuteronomy 30:11-20).
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live.”
Deuteronomy 30:19
Our choices are now.
And our choices affect not only today, but they also affect tomorrow (which will one day be our past).
As Moses invited the Israelites to choose—life or death, good or evil—so God also invites us to choose.
If you choose to memorize with us, just one verse a week for ten weeks, you’ll discover this:
- The command to love God is not too hard for you, and neither is it far off (Deut 30:11).
- The word is as near as your own mouth and heart (Deut 30:14).
- You can do this (Deut 30:14).
- If you love the Lord your God, you will be blessed (Deut 30:16).
- And more.
Your Invitation
God doesn’t command us to memorize. You’re not better if you do. You’re not worse if you don’t.
But if you’re looking for a way to follow God more intentionally, to be more aware of the blessings He sends, and to make better choices in your everyday life, this invitation is your opportunity to join us.
When you sign up, we’ll send you our Frequently Asked Questions email and links to our free downloadable resources. You can print the ones you like and get started memorizing!
We’ll then send you one email each Monday morning, reminding you of the verse to memorize that week, as well as post it here on the blog.
And new for this Fall 2017 challenge, you can also download a free five-day Bible study on the Friday before each new verse begins. Get it here at the blog beginning September 22.
Here is our official schedule. We’ll start on September 25, take a week off for Thanksgiving, and be finished several weeks before Christmas.
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What a wonderfully, rich passage to memorize! So great! I 100% agree that memorizing scripture does not make us a better person when it comes to our worth or value as a person. Memorizing Scripture doesn’t make our prayers to God worth listening to first over others. it doesn’t even mean we are a better follower of Christ. However, I would say, just like taking my multivitamin in the morning doesn’t make me a better person when it comes to my worth, it does make me a person who is better off for taking my vitamins than if i had not . Why? Because my body uses that multivitamin in a multitude of wonderful ways that I would have missed out on had I chosen not to take my multivitamin. I believe memorizing Scripture is the same way. We are certainly not better people if we memorize scripture, but we are for sure better off because of the multitude of ways the Lord uses each verse in our life that we memorize. Chuck Swindoll names a few of the ways we are better off when we make the time to hide God’s Word in our heart, “I know of no other single practice in the Christian life more rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture. . . . No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends! Your prayer life will be strengthened. Your witnessing will be sharper and much more effective. Your attitudes and outlook will begin to change. Your mind will become alert and observant. Your confidence and assurance will be enhanced. Your faith will be solidified.”
Amen, Brooke! You preach this well. :) Such a beautiful testimony you give here. Thanks for sharing your words and this encouragement to each of us to continue memorizing; it is worth our efforts. Blessings to you, friend. I know you’ve been at this a long time. You are a great example to us.
Aww, thank you, Lisa! Praising the Lord for all the Scriptures He’s used you to lead me, and others, to memorize over the years!
Looking forward to this. As a young person, scripture memorising was part of life – but now, decades later, I find need to re-do this on a regular basis. Thank you, Lisa, for providing a means to give me impetus in getting back to the swing of it!
I’m with you, Linda. I watched how easy it was for my daughters to memorize, but harder for me. However, when we “older” people memorize, we have more experiences to center it around, so that’s one advantage we have. :) I’m glad you’ll be joining us in Deuteronomy!