God Is Forever Molding Me

  Psalm 95:1-7 (NLT)   Come, let us sing to the  Lord !   Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.   2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving.   Let us sing psalms of praise to him.   3 For the  Lord  is a great God,   a great King above all gods.   4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth   and the mightiest mountains.   5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it.   His hands formed the dry land, too.   6 Come, let us worship and bow down.   Let us kneel before the  Lord  our maker,   7 for he is our God.   We are the people he watches over,   the flock under his care.     The words in Psalm 95 evoke significant memories from nearly 40 years ago during my time as a teenager in our Youth Group. These verses were often sung, with verses 1-5 forming one song and verses 6-7 another. I vividly recall the harmonious voices in our Church of Christ Youth Group, whic...

  Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (New Living Translation) 11 “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach. 12 It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’ 13 It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’ 14 No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.   15 “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16 For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.   17 “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve...