Remember the Source of Your Blessings
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11 “Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12 otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 15 “He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint. 16 “In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. 17 “Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’ 18 “But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Don’t Let GOD Slip Your Mind (Progressive)
God’s word must be important - (GOD and his word are inseparable) (v. 11)
Good living becomes greater satisfaction - (Complacent condition if God’s word becomes unimportant) (v. 12-13)
Focus phrases - Eaten and satisfied, built and lived, possessions multiply
Good living can exalt (feeling of high ability) our hearts and forget - (1st risk/negative result if God’s word becomes unimportant) (v. 14)
What about when we were lacking, who was doing it then? (HE, HE, HE, etc.) (v. 15-16)
Didn’t know necessities would be met
Tend to forget about hard times
Good living can deceive (what we tell ourselves) our hearts - (2nd risk/negative result if God’s word becomes unimportant) (v. 17)
We will say “I”, “Me”, “My” power - I worked for this and made it happen
Remind Yourself of GOD (Complete)
He gives me ability work and obtain (v. 18)
These blessings confirm God’s covenant
Not all about material or wealth, because he was still their source when they didn’t have much
When blessings increase, increase your praise (v. 10)