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Joshua chapter 24, verses 14 through 15.

Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.

Put away the gods that your father served beyond the river and in Egypt and serve the Lord.

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your father served in the region

beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord.

These verses come at a pivotal transition point in the history, story of God's people,

in the Old Testament, as right after this, we see Joshua's death death and that leads into the book of judges

and we see the God's people in many ways leaderless and turning aside and we'll actually pray

according to judges 17 and 21 in that next episode but here so before we get into the

picture in the judges Joshua looks at the people and he says like your future as a people depends on

serving and worshiping the Lord.

And it's true.

Like our future in so many ways.

So individually, your future, my future,

depends on serving and worshiping the Lord today.

Like hinges on.

What happens today in our lives. like revolves around who are we serving,

who are we worshiping? It's one of the reasons why in the prayer guide for this month leading

up to the election, one of the instructions today is just meditate on these verses and then

repent of idolatry in your own heart and your own life like in

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