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‘Forget not all his Benefits’ 

Deuteronomy 8:1-20 

In this eighth chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses warns the people of God of the ease with which they can forget the Lord and his great kindnesses to them and urges them to be careful not to do so, but to remember the Lord and all that he has done. This warning and this exhortation is as necessary for you and me as it was for the Israelites in that long ago day.

That generation of course, as the chapter reminds us, had much to remember. They had just finished those long years in the wilderness, which were necessary, after all, only because their parents had rebelled against the Lord and faithlessly refused to trust his promise to bring them into Canaan in triumph, even though he had brought them so miraculously and triumphantly out of bondage in Egypt, had brought them out

 

TIME TO REMEMBER: BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS

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Remember his  WAYS

We must remember the ways the Lord has led us so far . We must not forget the lessons that the Lord has taught us in our journey. The Lord taught the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness that they could live on the word of God even when there is no source of human help. The Lord met all their needs in a supernatural way. He taught them to obey His commands and trust in Him alone.

DEUTERONOMY 8:2-4

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

 

 

Remember his WORKS

We must remember the works of the Lord in our lives. The Lord is working in our lives to fulfill His will and purpose. He makes all things work together for good. He is working in our lives to make us like Christ. We must not forget His works in our lives and realize that He will complete the good work He has begun in our lives as we yield ourselves to Him.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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PHILIPPIANS 1:6

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

PHILIPPIANS 2:13

for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

ROMANS 8:28-29

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

PSALM 77:11-12

I will remember the works of the LORD;Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.

PSALM 78:7-8,11

That they may set their hope in God,And not forget the works of But keep His commandments;



They did not keep the covenant of God;They refused to walk in His law,

And forgot His work

 

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