How to be Blessed (and Not Cursed) | Torah | Deuteronomy 28:16-68

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

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What happens when you disobey God? Is there anything you're putting above God? Does God give curses? In today's episode, Tanya shares about God's curses for disobedience in Deuteronomy 28:16-68. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Deuteronomy 28:16-68 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Tanya Wilmoth. Our church has a time at the end of the
0:15.3	service where a pastor or a worship leader will speak a blessing over the
0:19.5	congregation. One of my favorites comes from the Book of Numbers.
0:24.1	It says, may the Lord bless you and keep you.
0:26.7	The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
0:30.3	The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
0:34.0	As we see in scripture, the Lord loves to bless his people.
0:38.0	His presence reminds us of his power.
0:41.0	His blessings communicate his desire for us to know the wholeness and
0:45.7	abundance that comes from living for him. I'm not quite sure what would happen to the
0:51.9	modern day church if our pastor stood up and
0:54.8	started talking to the crowd about curses. But that's what happened between Moses and
1:00.3	the Israelites toward the end of his sermon in Deuteronomy.
1:03.4	See after Moses called them to obedience and described the blessings of life
1:08.2	with God, he told them what life would be like if they chose to live separate from God.
1:15.4	He warned them what would happen if they didn't obey God's law, and it was horrifying.
1:21.5	If they refused God, they would be cursed, defeated, afflicted, enslaved, and exiled.
1:27.0	It's pretty depressing to read this long list of tragedies in Deuteronomy
1:32.0	because Israel faced all of them at one time or another.
1:35.7	Children were born into scarcity and exile and innocent people suffered for the disobedience of others.
1:46.0	And what's the reason for all of this? Well one first in the chapter sums it up from Deuteronomy 28 verse 47 it says because
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