Deuteronomy 16 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Deuteronomy 16.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/deu/16/1/s_169001

Meditate on verse 2-3a.

 

You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God

 from the flock and the herd, in the place where

the LORD chooses to establish His name.

You shall not eat leavened bread with it.

 

As you read Deuteronomy, notice God continues to talk about the place He will choose to establish His name.  Recall from Deuteronomy 12 He never names a geographical location because ultimately people are the place where God dwells through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our sins.

 

Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. 

Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven,

nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the

 unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

—1 Corinthians 5:7b-8

 

As a Christian, you no longer sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God because Christ your Passover lives inside of you—the place—where the LORD chose to establish His name—Amazing!

 

In sincerity and truth, thank God for choosing you and ask Him to choose those you know who still need to invite Him to establish His name in them as His dwelling place.

 

Pray Deuteronomy 16:15 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD my God, I celebrate that I am the place You choose to dwell. 

Please choose _________ to also be the place You choose.

 Please bless ___________ and me in all our produce and

in all the work of our hands, so that we will be altogether joyful.

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell