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Obeying God's Law

Exodus 20:1-12 The Message 

20 1-2 God spoke all these words:
I am God, your God,
    who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
    out of a life of slavery.
3 No other gods, only me.
4-6 No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
7 No using the name of God, your God, in curses or silly banter; God won’t put up with the irreverent use of his name.
8-11 Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don’t do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your maid, nor your animals, not even the foreign guest visiting in your town. For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day.
12 Honor your father and mother so that you’ll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.

For Reflection Pray

The root of all sin is idolatry, placing oneself above God. When one places the possession of things, accomplishment or evokes the name of God as though God was at one's servant or a frivolous entity which one trivializes. God saves you from yourself, physically and spiritually. God recommends that one sets aside time for the development of one's soul to reflect on the story of God in one's life.  God asks that we have trust and confidence in God and not depend wholly on individual achievement.

Pray
Give some time in Sabath to God. Pray and listen to God's call, to.God's encouragement, to God's comfort.  Pray and rest in God.