Gladness and a Merry Heart

Series: Work · Service · Prosperity · Poverty · ContentmentService: Sunday AMType: SermonSpeaker: Stephen RussellIn Deuteronomy 28, God delivers a chilling warning to Israel. This is a chapter filled with curses for disobedience—but when we get to verse 47, the reason for those curses is especially unsettling. God doesn’t say, “Because you didn’t obey … .” He says: “Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things … .” This morning, we will examine what this text meant for Israel and what it means for us today.