Joan
Joan's Highlights
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 28:9 NLT
“If you obey the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways, the LORD will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 28:1 NLT
“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 27:9-10 NLT
So you must obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and decrees that I am giving you today.” Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: “O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 26:15-19 NLT
Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ “Today the LORD your God has commanded you to obey all these decrees and regulations. So be careful to obey them wholeheartedly. You have declared today that the LORD is your God. And you have promised to walk in his ways, and to obey his decrees, commands, and regulations, and to do everything he tells you. The LORD has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands. And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised.”
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 22:5 NLT
“A woman must not put on men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the LORD your God.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 21:22-23 NLT
“If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree, the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 20:17-18 NLT
You must completely destroy the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the LORD your God has commanded you. This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 19:21 NLT
You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 18:14 NLT
The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things.”
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 18:9 NLT
“When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 18:5 NLT
For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD’s name forever.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 17:18-20 NLT
“When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees. This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted John 17:22 NLT
“I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:1 NLT
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:13 NLT
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted 1 Thessalonians 4:14 NLT
For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted 1 Peter 5:6 NLT
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
Sep 4
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 16:13 NLT
“You must observe the Festival of Shelters for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
Sep 3
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 16:16 NLT
“Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him.
Sep 3
Joan
highlighted Deuteronomy 16:9-10 NLT
Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him. “Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.
Sep 3