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Deuteronomy 32:1-7  "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2  Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. 3  For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. 4  He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. 5  "They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. 6  Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? 7  "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you:

MEMORIES

MEMORIES MEMORIES by Larry Pasley Memory can be a wonderful thing, Pleasant happenings from our past they bring. Memory can also bring us much pain, And make us feel that we have lived in vain. Whether our memories are bad or good, They can help us live our lives as we should. Our memories can teach us many things, Even though they may carry hurtful stings. Through remembering we can changes make, And help prevent any furthering ache.

If we just remember the pain of sin, It will help us over Satan to win If we just remember the pain of sin, It will help us over Satan to win. If we remember hurt in ones we love, And try to live more like the One above; Mem’ries can prevent a life of regret, And keep other’s lives from being upset. What our memories produce, good or ill, Is controlled by what we do with free will. It’s up to us what our past produces, We can accept fault or make excuses. Each one of us will choose what we will do, So, what will your memories do for you?

MEMORIES As we think back on our lives there is always some good and some bad. Memories can help us change - Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana (1863-1952) We learn from our past memories that we must avoiding repeating mistakes   Memories are reminders. Memories assure that we are walking down the right path, making the right decisions that are the best for each and every one of us.

1. REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD, LEARN FROM THE PAST Deut. 32:7 "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you:

2. REMEMBER THE LEAVING FROM EGYPT Exodus 13:3  And Moses said to the people: "Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out of this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

2. REMEMBER THE LEAVING FROM EGYPT Deuteronomy 7:17-19  "If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?'-- 18  you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: 19  the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

2. REMEMBER THE LEAVING FROM EGYPT Deuteronomy 8:1-2  "Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. 2  And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

3. REMEMBER GOD GIVES YOU POWER TO GET WEALTH Deut. 8:18 And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

4. REMEMBER THE OUTCOME OF YOUR ACTIONS Isaiah 47:5-7 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms. [6] I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. [7] And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.

5. REMEMBER, GOD KNOWS ALL YOUR SIN Hosea 7:2 They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.

6. REMEMBER THE SABBATH Exodus 20:8  "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

7. REMEMBER GOD’S COMMANDS Numbers 15:39-40  And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 40  and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God.

8. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE Luke 17:28-32  Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29  but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30  Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31  In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. 32  Remember Lot's wife.

YOUR MEMORIES? What are your memories doing for you? Have you learned from your past? Are there changes you need to make? Can we help you in any way?

TONIGHT’S SERMON A MAN AFTER GOD’S HEART