Today is the last day I am writing about how the message of these well-known verses (called the Shema verse), can be lived out. I am featuring DaySpring’s Blessings Unlimited products to show how to make this a family calling in your home.
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“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:4- 9.
Today’s focus will be on verses 8 & 9
“Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.”
How do we “tie symbols on our hands, bind them on our foreheads and write them on the door frames of our homes?” Today, observant Jews wear prayer boxes on their foreheads and arms that contain portions of scripture from the Torah (Old Testament). They also have decorative containers on their door frames containing scriptures. The verses in these items are to help the Jewish people remember God’s faithfulness. As Believers in Jesus Christ, we are also called to remember all that God has done for us. Our individual homes and lives are to be places that remind us of our relationship with our God.
Here are some ways you can remember God’s faithfulness in your everyday life…
To wear on your wrist …
Blessings Unlimited Delight Yourself in the Lord Bracelet
To wear around your neck…
Blessings Unlimited Guard Your Heart Necklace
To hang on your walls…
Blessings Unlimited Strength, Peace and Praise Cross Set
(can be purchased together or separately)
Blessings Unlimited Blessed By Grace Wall Decor
This is one of my favorite Blessings Unlimited items
This Door Knocker actually allows you to put God’s Word on your door just as this verse in Deuteronomy suggests.
Blessings Unlimited Door Knocker
There are many, many ways to live out this Family Calling in your life and home. I would love to hear how your family is living this commandment. Please share…
Father God, may You continue to be present in every area of our lives and homes. Help us to daily remind our families that it is You that we serve, honor and worship. Show us how to make our homes places that remind us of You and all that You have done for us. Thank you for being such a faithful God to all generations. Amen
Recognize and Remember 