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🗓️ 28 February 2025
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What does it mean for the commandment and word of God to be near to us? In today’s episode, Watermark staff member Shane Rasch speaks about the power of Scripture and His Spirit in transforming our lives.
Additional Scripture Referenced:
1 John 5:3, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”
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0:00.0 | All right now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but it's never too late to start and we're in this together. |
0:08.6 | This is the Join the Journey podcast. |
0:12.1 | Thanks for joining. |
0:13.4 | Well, hey, everybody, this is Shane Rash. |
0:15.2 | I serve here at Watermark on the marriage team, specifically with Merge, our pre-married ministry. |
0:20.4 | And Emma is not in the studio. |
0:22.5 | She graciously let me hop in in her stead when she's away. |
0:26.0 | And so really thankful for you guys, excited as we're all journeying together, reading the |
0:31.0 | word through this year. |
0:32.6 | It's been really, really fruitful for me. |
0:35.4 | I hope that it has been for you as well. |
0:37.0 | Today, we're going to be looking |
0:38.2 | at Deuteronomy 30 through 32, which is exciting. We are actually approaching the very end of |
0:44.2 | the Pentateuch, which is the first five books of the Bible, all those that were written by Moses. |
0:49.5 | And we're going to get into some new territory with the conquest of the land and all the bad things that happen in |
0:55.9 | judges. But for right now, we're going to wrap up the second law, which is what Deuteronomy |
1:00.4 | means. And I love this passage. It is one that it really feels like just such a climax to |
1:07.4 | everything that we've been reading so far. There's been a lot of rules, regulations, |
1:11.7 | things about what Israel can and can't do. And really Moses now, toward the end of his life, |
1:17.9 | he's presenting all of this before Israel saying, okay, are you going to choose this? I've shown you |
1:24.2 | and God has shown us where life is found. Are we going to choose it as a nation |
1:30.2 | and as a people? And I love this in verses 11 through 14 in Deuteronomy 30. It says, for this |
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