This morning I turned on the TV and on the news there was a story of a controversy over the displaying of The Ten Commandments on a public building. Listening to it the story reminded me that I had not read The Ten Commandments for awhile. When was the last time you read them? So my spirit was prompted to open up The Book of Exodus this morning. I read them as an examination of my deeds, pausing after reading each commandment and reflect on my obedience to God’s word. Here they are:
“God spoke all these words:
“I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.
“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. For six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
“You shall not murder.
“You shall not commit adultery.
“You shall not steal.
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
“You shall not covet your neighborʼs house. You shall not covet your neighborʼs wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
(Exodus 20 1-17)
My family, I pray this morning you will as you read these commandments God has given us to guide our actions, you will take time to exam how your walk with God is living out and being obedient to His words, and repent, adjust, and re-align as needed to conform to them, in Jesus’ name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you my friends!
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