In Deuteronomy 5-7, Moses reminds the people of the Ten Commandments, emphasizing obedience to God\u2019s instructions. But notice how God kept saying, \u201cI didn\u2019t choose you because you were the biggest or the best\u2014I chose you because I love you.\u201d It\u2019s such a powerful reminder that God\u2019s love isn\u2019t earned by what we do. He loves us because He has chosen to, and that love comes with a call to remain faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another key part is in Deuteronomy 6:5, where God commands, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.\u201d This is the kind of love God is asking for\u2014complete, wholehearted devotion. In Deuteronomy 7:7-8, God reminds the Israelites that He didn\u2019t choose them because of their strength or greatness, but because of His love and faithfulness to the promises He made. It\u2019s not by their might but by God\u2019s promise that they will receive the land. It\u2019s a beautiful reminder that everything we receive is not because of our own strength but because of God\u2019s faithfulness and grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Acts 15:22-16:5, we see the church leaders send a letter to the Gentile believers, telling them they don\u2019t need to follow all the old Jewish laws to be part of God\u2019s family. It feels like a continuation of that same message: God isn\u2019t asking us to prove ourselves through rules. He\u2019s asking us to walk in love, faith, and grace. They simplified things for the Gentiles because they realized that what matters most is relationship, not religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the core of both passages is this idea of grace over performance. God doesn\u2019t want us to be weighed down by rules or feel like we have to earn His love. He already chose us. Now, He just wants us to walk in His ways with love and obedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affirmation:
I walk in God\u2019s grace, knowing I\u2019m chosen and loved. I live in obedience, not to earn His love, but because I already have it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deuteronomy 5-7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: \u201cHear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.  The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acts 15:22-16:5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas who was also named Barsabas,and Silas, leading men among the brethren. They wrote this letter by them:The apostles, the elders, and the brethren,To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:Greetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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