*notes are in parenthesis.

“Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, (Let us Observe the Lord today so that we will have the strength to withstand the evil… so that our land, our bodies, will be ruled by Him, Goodness and Love and Life.) and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. (And we may Live Eternally in His Goodness – beginning now.) The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. (We are leaving behind a life of self-sufficiency and entering a Life of God Provision. We are relinquishing control to Him and only Him and our bodies will drink rain from heaven; the Holy Spirit pouring through us and nourishing our bodies and Lives.) It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end. (He cares for us. He will continually keep His eyes upon us so that He may be our All.) So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. (My God shall supply all my needs – Philippians 4:19.) Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. (Fix our mind and eyes and heart and soul on Him so that we will not choose the lesser.) Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you. (If we choose the lesser, we will cut ourselves off from the Source of all that is Good… He has no intention of leaving us in our sin.) Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.” (Let His Ways saturate our entire Life so that we may experience Real and Eternal Living – now and forever. Amen) -Deuteronomy‬ ‭11:8-21‬ ‭NIV‬‬