January 25, 2025
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Reading along with us in Deuteronomy and Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
Deuteronomy 14 (NIV)
Clean and Unclean Food
1 You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, 2 for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.……Continue Reading
The list of animals that can and cannot be eaten is just another example of God setting rules and guidelines for our own good. (Many of those animals I would never want to eat anyway lol) But He is showing care and concern for us even in this that we would protect our bodies from sickness and disease in avoiding therse unclean animals.
Tithing is important to God and one thing I see is how it’s intent is to care for others (not make churches rich as many people of the world think). I am so blessed to see all the good and all the help LHCC brings people and that is simply because of the generosity of the people who give. Tithing another extension of worship to bring glory to God. To give back to Him what He has blessed us with so we can continue His work in a more tangible way and so certainly should always be done with a joyful heart!
Deuteronomy 14