Week 199 · Old Testament · about 5 minutes · 329 words
🌙 Deuteronomy 4
Deuteronomy 4 opens with these words: “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 4:29: “But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Carry the word “seek” from that verse into the rest of the day.
Deuteronomy 4 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “When you shall father children, and children’s children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight, to provoke him to anger;” Deuteronomy 4 opens with these words: “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 4:29: “But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Carry the word “seek” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 4:29: “But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Deuteronomy 4? Then try this: Read “But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
“But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deuteronomy 4:29 · Deuteronomy 4
Say it
Practice Deuteronomy 4:29
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButthereyoushallseekyourGod,andyoushallfindhim,whenyousearchafterhimallyourheartandwithallyoursoul.
Talk about it
- What happens first in Deuteronomy 4?
- Read “But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all…” once more. What does it show you about God?
- Who can you tell one sentence from Deuteronomy 4 before bedtime?
Prayer
Father, thank you for Deuteronomy 4. Help us remember Deuteronomy 4:29 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.
Parent tip
If Deuteronomy 4 is long, read Deuteronomy 4:29 twice and ask one of the talk-about questions. The chapter page has every verse if you want more tomorrow.
Week 199 · the whole night
🌙 Deuteronomy 4
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