Lesson: The Conclusion of the Matter<br>
Reading: Blessings of wholehearted service<br>
Reference: Deut. 11:13-22<br><br>
Deuteronomy 11:13: And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,<br>
Deuteronomy 11:14: That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:15: And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:16: Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;<br>
Deuteronomy 11:17: And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:18: Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:19: And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:20: And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:<br>
Deuteronomy 11:21: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.<br>
Deuteronomy 11:22: For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;<br>
(KJV)<br>