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God calls us back to the basics of following Him. He says to us, "Come after Me and follow me!" Luke 9:23 declares " Then Jesus said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." God desires that we walk our Christian walk and talk our Christian talk by being near to Him, and being more like Him. He calls us back to the basics of His Word and His standards. The psalmist said in Psalms 119:11, "Your Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the entire Bible. Much of it is about being in God's Word and applying it to our daily lives. Many years ago I took a yellow highlighter and underlined a number of verses in Psalm 119.All these verses speak of God's Word and the human responsibility of obeying it. Among the highlighted verses were these"

Psalm 119: 10 "With my whole heart I have sought You. O let me not wander from Your commandments."

Psalm 119:26-27 "I have declared my ways and You answered me. Teach me Your statutes. Make me understand the way of Your precepts so I shall meditate on Your wonderful works."

Psalm 119: 34 "Give me understanding and I shall keep Your law, indeed I shall observe it with my whole heart."

Psalm 119:40 "Behold I long for Your precepts, revive me in Your righteousness."

Psalm 119" 57 "You are my portion O Lord; I have said that I would keep your words."

Psalm 119: 69 "The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart."

Psalm 119: 133 "Direct my steps by Your Word and let no iniquity have dominion over me."

Psalm 119:145 "

I cry out with My whole heart Hear me O Lord. I will keep Your statutes. "

The Lord calls us back to basics with Him. In Genesis 35 the Lord calls His people back to the basics. He tells them to return to Bethel. Look at Genesis 35: 1-3 "Then God said to Jacob, Arise go up to Bethel and dwell there and make an altar there to God who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. And Jacob said to His Household and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel and I will make an altar there to God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone."

God wants to come back to Bethel. Bethel was God's place. It was at Bethel that Jacob saw the vision of angels ascending and descending on a ladder. It was

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