1 00:00:02,660 --> 00:00:04,220 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:13,970 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk Devotional. We're so glad to have 3 00:00:14,010 --> 00:00:18,590 Speaker 2: you listening. I'm Lynette Kittle and today's topic is Remembering 4 00:00:18,630 --> 00:00:21,849 Speaker 2: the Lord's Deeds. We'll be right back after a brief 5 00:00:21,910 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: message from our sponsor. Remembering the Lord's Deeds, written and 6 00:00:39,620 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: read by Lynette Kittle. I will remember the deeds of 7 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: the Lord, yes. I will remember your miracles of long ago. 8 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:53,550 Speaker 2: Psalm 77, 11. It seems like as people, we so 9 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:56,990 Speaker 2: easily forget the good things in life much quicker than 10 00:00:57,030 --> 00:01:00,070 Speaker 2: the bad, like the cruel words someone spoke to us 11 00:01:00,170 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 2: as a child, or the way someone betrayed us. Whereas traumas, tragedies, heartaches, 12 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:11,890 Speaker 2: and disappointments sometimes seem impossible to forget, some even lingering 13 00:01:11,930 --> 00:01:17,589 Speaker 2: for a lifetime, joyful and wonderful events and experiences are 14 00:01:17,730 --> 00:01:22,250 Speaker 2: often easily forgotten. Maybe it's why God calls us to 15 00:01:22,330 --> 00:01:28,180 Speaker 2: purposefully remember His goodness and faithfulness in our lives, knowing 16 00:01:28,220 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: the enemy can keep us focused and stuck in the 17 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: sorrows and losses of life. forgetting all the ways God 18 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: has been present and active in our lives. Often we 19 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,700 Speaker 2: hear of individuals who, during life and death situations, thought 20 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: they were dying and how they say it seemed like 21 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,580 Speaker 2: their life events flashed before them, reminding them of things 22 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,180 Speaker 2: they had forgotten. Like them, the prophet Jonah had a 23 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,420 Speaker 2: similar experience, where it took death's threats to remind him 24 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,860 Speaker 2: of God's goodness. When my life was ebbing away, I 25 00:02:04,180 --> 00:02:07,820 Speaker 2: remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to 26 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,100 Speaker 2: your holy temple. Jonah 2.7 But it doesn't have to 27 00:02:13,139 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: take us to being at death's door to remember God's 28 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:19,930 Speaker 2: deeds in our lives, especially since he calls us to 29 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:23,690 Speaker 2: remember them because he knows better than we do how 30 00:02:23,730 --> 00:02:27,850 Speaker 2: forgetting them can lead our hearts astray. Remembering helps us 31 00:02:27,910 --> 00:02:32,310 Speaker 2: to stay on God's pathway in our lives. As Jeremiah 32 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:36,450 Speaker 2: 2.32 describes how easily it is for people to forget, 33 00:02:37,270 --> 00:02:40,090 Speaker 2: Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her 34 00:02:40,130 --> 00:02:45,310 Speaker 2: wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number. 35 00:02:46,650 --> 00:02:51,930 Speaker 2: Forgetting has serious consequences, as described in Deuteronomy 8.14. Then 36 00:02:52,910 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: your heart will become proud, and you will forget the 37 00:02:55,310 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 2: Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out 38 00:02:58,540 --> 00:03:02,900 Speaker 2: of the land of slavery. As well, as Deuteronomy 8.19 39 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: points out, If you ever forget the Lord your God 40 00:03:06,139 --> 00:03:09,740 Speaker 2: and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, 41 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:14,500 Speaker 2: I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. 42 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,830 Speaker 2: The following are seven reasons why remembering is so important 43 00:03:19,870 --> 00:03:23,109 Speaker 2: to us and what we are reminded of when we remember. 44 00:03:24,110 --> 00:03:27,690 Speaker 2: Remembering reminds us of God's patience. 2 Peter 3.15 urges 45 00:03:27,710 --> 00:03:32,750 Speaker 2: us to remember, Bear in mind that our Lord's patience 46 00:03:33,190 --> 00:03:37,050 Speaker 2: means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote 47 00:03:37,090 --> 00:03:41,790 Speaker 2: you with the wisdom that God gave him. Remembering reminds 48 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: us of God's kindness. Romans 2.4 encourages us, Or do 49 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,940 Speaker 2: you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance, 50 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,830 Speaker 2: and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to 51 00:03:55,890 --> 00:04:00,279 Speaker 2: lead you to repentance? Remembering reminds us of how He 52 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: has humbled and tested us. Deuteronomy 8.2 Remember how the 53 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:08,220 Speaker 2: Lord your God led you all the way in the 54 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,070 Speaker 2: wilderness these forty years to humble and test you in 55 00:04:13,130 --> 00:04:15,890 Speaker 2: order to know what was in your heart, whether or 56 00:04:15,950 --> 00:04:20,229 Speaker 2: not you would keep His commands. Remembering reminds us of 57 00:04:20,270 --> 00:04:26,770 Speaker 2: God's faithfulness. Psalm 119.90 proclaims, Your faithfulness continues through all 58 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:32,650 Speaker 2: generations forever. You establish the earth, and it endures. Remembering 59 00:04:32,710 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: reminds us that He is our source. Deuteronomy 8.18 points out, 60 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: But remember the Lord your God, for it is He 61 00:04:41,140 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so 62 00:04:44,339 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as 63 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,510 Speaker 2: it is today. Remembering reminds us of God's gifts. As 64 00:04:53,570 --> 00:04:57,650 Speaker 2: Romans 11.29 reminds, we want to take time to remember. 65 00:04:58,130 --> 00:05:03,510 Speaker 2: for God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. Remembering reminds 66 00:05:03,589 --> 00:05:08,500 Speaker 2: us of God's sacrifices. 1 John 2-2 clarifies His sacrifice 67 00:05:08,540 --> 00:05:12,260 Speaker 2: for us. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, 68 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: and not only for ours, but also for the sins 69 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: of the whole world. As well, Ephesians 5-2 encourages, And 70 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,100 Speaker 2: walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us, 71 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 2: and gave Himself up for us, as a fragrant offering 72 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: and sacrifice to God. Intersecting Faith in Life Make time today, 73 00:05:34,540 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: this week, and every coming week to remember the Lord's 74 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:42,169 Speaker 2: deeds and remind yourself of why it's good to remember. 75 00:05:42,950 --> 00:05:46,590 Speaker 2: Commit to making time throughout the coming year to remember 76 00:05:47,029 --> 00:05:51,550 Speaker 2: so that you don't forget. 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