V2-44 Desires and Choices
Walking Talking Bible Project
What does Psalm 84:10 say about desires and choices? Why do some people desire the things of God over earthly pleasures while others desire the opposite? According to Ephesians 1:4, when and why did God choose us? According to Deuteronomy 7:6-9, why did God choose Israel? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Psalm 84:10
Psalm 84:10
10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Connection Passage #1: Psalm 145:13
Psalm 145:13
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
Connection Passage #2 Ephesians 1:3–5
Ephesians 1:3–5
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Connection Passage #3: Deuteronomy 7:6–9
Deuteronomy 7:6–9
6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).