{"id":4368,"date":"2022-11-12T07:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/2012\/02\/09\/4368\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T07:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:38:49","slug":"devotional-on-deuteronomy-19a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-deuteronomy-19a\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Deuteronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bB86z0T--JE\/XXFj_ma9l8I\/AAAAAAABA2Y\/pD1kGQZULj4ZjgQEZ1-KktGuXnq8emDMgCKgBGAs\/s1600\/P7209610.JPG\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; Along Oregon Hwy 101 &#8211; north of Florence<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHold on<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 13: You are to follow only God\u2026hold on to him for dear life!<br \/>\nMoses says that sometimes other gods look attractive and actually seem to deliver the goods.  When that happens we\u2019re tempted to abandon the Lord God and follow the latest trend of society.  In fact, Moses says, God allows that to happen to test our love for him.  If I\u2019d rather have the latest fad I can have it &#8212; but it will be my loss.  As a sports fan, I\u2019ve learned that, even though the names of the players change, the game remains the same.  With this passage in mind, I\u2019m reminded that, while the latest gods are not the deities of Egypt or Canaan, the game is the same.  My loyalty to the Lord God is tested by the lure of the gods of my culture.  They seem to deliver the goods, and millions follow these gods named &#8220;Pleasure,&#8221; &#8220;Affluence,&#8221; &#8220;Success,&#8221; &#8220;Power,&#8221; and &#8220;Entertainment,&#8221; telling me how wonderful it is.  As one of God&#8217;s people I must remain ever alert to the subtle influence of that which erodes my loyalty to the one true God.  I must &#8220;hold on to him for dear life!&#8221;<br \/>\nTake Away: Only as we keep our focus on the Lord are we absolutely safe from being swayed by the false gods of our society. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold on Deuteronomy 13: You are to follow only God\u2026hold on to him for dear life! Moses says that sometimes other gods look attractive and actually seem to deliver the goods. When that happens we\u2019re tempted to abandon the Lord God and follow the latest trend of society. In fact, Moses says, God allows that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,7],"tags":[121,342,361,1035],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14036,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions\/14036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}