Teaching Notes

A daughter can receive the love of a father.  A father can give love to a child.  How much greater is the love of the Lord for his children?  Thank God today for his love.

Worship is Important To God

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 (The Message)

Attention, Israel! GOD, our God! GOD the one and only! Love GOD, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you; love him with all you've got! Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.





Notes: The instruction was quite clear, how you respond to God is very important. If you worship God (show him your love) you will put all your effort in to remembering those things that are important to him. The writer states this love you have for God should be with everything you’ve got.





Question: What is the instruction on where you should write the commandments and why?





Answer: The writer wants the people to go deeper than simply knowing the written commandments in their minds; he wants them to make them to be written on their hearts. The way to do that is to talk about them at all times. When you rise in the morning, talk about the word of God. When you sit down at home or walk along the street, talk about them. Talk about them with your friends, family and children when you grow older. Talk about them in the morning and at night. In other words to truly understand the important of worship you must understand that God wants us to be in contact with him every moment of our lives. We get in contact with him through his word and that is what helps us to worship God his way.





Prayer: God today I say thank you for giving me the commandments to help me every step of my life. The word is there to help me make decisions and to see your will. Help me worship you or show my love to you by obeying you with all that is within me. Let me love you with my whole heart.