Deuteronomy 11

Deuteronomy 11:18:
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

God forgive us if we allow any syllable of His Holy Word to become a platitude to proclaim rather than a precept to be lived out.
It bothers me that so many scripture verses today have become cliches and platitudes in Christendom; cute “sayings” that are quoted but not revered; verses worn on clothing, coffee mugs or hanging on walls, but not lived out in the lives of God’s people.
God's Word says we are to write His Words on our hearts. "Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul ..." (Deut. 11:18).
As followers of Jesus, we are instructed in the Bible to "Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do" (Joshua 1:8). -Lisa Hannan

Deuteronomy 11:26-32:
“Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today
8 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh?
  31 For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it.
  32 And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.

Curses and blessings. Obey God's commands and have his blessing disobey and receive his curse. This is what God told the people of Israel as they waited to cross the Jordan River into the land God promised them. It was a matter of identity. He was their God and they were his people, for no other reason than what he had done for them. He rescued them from slavery and brought them to a new land. He was their God. They were to act according to their identity. As Christians we have our identity in Jesus Christ, for no other reason than what he has done for us. Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection give to us the promise forgiveness of sin, a new home eternal life with God. We are rescued from our slavery to sin. It no longer need hold us captive. We have been forgiven through Jesus. We are heading to the promise of eternal life. God is our God, because of his promises to us in Jesus. We are to act according to our identity.
---Gods Word For Today!