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Exodus chapter 21 verse 1.

Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.

Very simply, what's happening here at this point in the book of Exodus

is God is giving his rules to his people,

his laws, his commands for how they're to live.

And as soon as I say that, like rules, commands, laws,

I'm guessing there rises in many of us, not most of us, like almost a resistance. We don't usually love rules and

laws and commands, but I want you to think about the grace of God in this.

God has not left us in the dark when it comes to how we can experience life with him for our good and for his glory. He has spoken.

That's what he's doing here in Exodus. He's giving his word that leads to life.

And it's what he's done all throughout scripture. He's given us his word that leads to life.

And so it is right and good and wise for us to listen to these rules, to read through scripture, to meditate on it, to hear the law of

God, and to obey it, knowing that life is found in it.

So we pray, God, help us to hear your rules and laws commands with an open heart help us not to be resistant to them.

God help us to be wise. We think about how foolish it would be oh God for us to

ignore your rules laws God, for us to ignore your rules, laws, commands.

God, help us to hear them.

God, we pray that we would daily be in your word.

Listening to it, reading it, memorizing it, meditating on it, thinking about it all the time and then applying it,

doing it, obeying it in our lives.

God, we pray that our lives would be marked by hearing your rules and obeying them, hearing your law and

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