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Ten Commitments from God to You
“Do we keep our commitments to God?”
Tough question!
We would like to say, “I certainly do!” but since God knows everything we are stuck having to admit the truth. We don’t keep our commitments to Him and this creates problems for us.
We make promises to God and sincerely want to follow through with them. Whether it be “doing more do’s” or “doing less don’ts” we make a plan and sooner or later we no longer stick to it. The sense that we have failed God pushes us to try harder. We try harder for a period of time and after we lose steam we give up. Try hard again. Give up again. Try hard again. You get the picture. Life in the “give up – try hard” cycle is exhausting. How can we escape?
We need to begin with a different question.
“Does God keep His commitments to us?”
Here are The Ten Commitments!
#1-God sees you
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.” Hebrews 4:13
#2-God sympathizes with you
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin.” Hebrews 4:15
#3-God deals gently with you
“Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray.” Hebrews 5:1-2
#4-God loves you
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16
#5-God changes you
“I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.” Hebrews 8:10 Jeremiah 31:33
#6-God chooses you
“They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them.” Jeremiah 32:38-39
#7-Good is ahead of you
“I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good” Jeremiah 32:40-41
#8-Good is guaranteed to you
"I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sin no more." Jeremiah 31:34
#9-God gives you the power to persevere
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31
#10-God gives you the power to be content
“I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:12-13
Before we can keep God’s commandments, we must believe that God can keep His commitments!
When we look our circumstances and our conduct we can wrongly assume that God is no longer committed to us. Trouble at home or at work causes us to doubt God cares about us.
Areas of disobedience in our lives cause us to question whether God could ever care about someone who struggles with the sins we struggle with. We assume that we must try harder to do what God wants so that He will care for us and do what we want . . .
. . . and back into the “give up – try hard” cycle” we go!
Try an experiment. For the next forty days focus on God’s commitments to you.
You can click on Day 1-10 below to download the first 10 bite-sized PDF articles that will help you focus on God's commitments to you.
Or click on the Hopemail button to select ongoing weekly emails on The Ten Commitments or "40 Days with the Ten Commitments" in 40 daily emails.
40 Days with the Ten Commitments will focus your attention on ten commitments that God makes to you. Each day for forty days you will reflect on one of these commitments.
Moses looked at God for forty days and it changed him . . .
| Type | Resource Name | Date |
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Day 1-10 | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Day 21-30 | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Day 11-20 | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Epilogue | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Day 31-40 | Sep 22, 2010 |
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Day 1-40 | Oct 16, 2010 |