Blessings for Obedience

​Blessings for Obedience

“Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones, in your land, so you may worship them. 

I am the Lord your God. 

You must keep My Sabbath days of rest, and show reverence, for My sanctuary. I am the Lord. 

“If you follow My decrees, and are careful to obey My commands, I will send you the seasonal rains. 

The land will then yield its crops, and the trees, of the field, will produce their fruit. Your threshing season will overlap,  with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap, with the season of planting grain. 

You will eat your fill, and live securely, in your own land. 

“I will give you peace, in the land, and you will be able to sleep, with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals, and keep your enemies out, of your land. In fact, you will chase down your enemies, and slaughter them with your swords. 

Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand! All your enemies will fall, beneath your sword. 

“I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile, and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill My covenant, with you. 

You will have such a surplus, of crops …that you will need to clear out the old grain, to make room for the new harvest! 

I will live among you, and I will not despise you. 

I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be My people. 

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so you would no longer be their slaves. 

I broke the yoke of slavery, from your neck, so you can walk with your heads held high. 

Leviticus 26:1–13 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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