We Are Responsible for Ourselves

With next Sunday being Father's Day, we naturally think of our fathers and their profound influence in our lives. The phrase "our fathers" appears 79 times throughout Scripture, reminding us of the generational impact that shapes who we are. However, this week I want us to think about being responsible for ourselves regardless of our father's influence - whether that influence was positive, negative, or absent altogether.

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I. We Must Position Ourselves to Hear from God (vs 1)

In verse 1, we see a crucial two-step process that is needed to accomplish anything meaningful in our spiritual lives. First, Moses calls them together, and then second, he says "HEAR, O Israel." The word "hear" appears over 550 times in Scripture, empha...