Obey the Lord
fully and carefully follow ALL his commands:
Deut 28:1-14
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow
all his commands I give you today, the
LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon
you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the
country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops
of your land and the young of your livestock-- the calves of your herds
and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when
you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against
you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction
but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on
everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the
land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as
he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God
and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are
called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity-- in the
fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your
ground-- in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of
his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work
of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If
you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you
this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never
at the bottom.
14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give
you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving
them. (NIV)
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