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\u201cSo he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote the words of the covenant on the tablets, the Ten Commandments.\u201d <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Exodus 34:28<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Supernatural care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moses fasted for forty days and nights when God gave him the Ten Commandments. Only with supernatural care could the leader survive that long without food and water. According to Healthline, without basic sustenance, a person can only live 8-21 days longer if they have water.[1]<\/a>  For Moses to last 40 days without nourishment, God had to intervene, and He did. Not only keeping Moses alive but giving him the basic rules of relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a scribe asked Jesus, \u201cWhich commandment is the most important of all?\u201d He answered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u2019 The second is this: \u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 There is no other commandment greater than these.\u201d<\/em> Mark 12:30-31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to love God and others, follow the Ten Commandments. The first five tell you how to relate to the Lord, and the last five tell you how to relate to people. If you put the Ten Commandments into practice, you will have healthier, happier relationships with God and people, bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fasting and praying help eliminate distractions from your relationship with God. Can you imagine how intensely Moses prayed after not eating for weeks? Alone, on a mountain, he clung to the Lord for sustenance, trusting His provision. And the Creator did not disappoint; not only did He take supernatural care of Moses, but God gave the Israelites directions on how to have relationships and live life to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because when you love God and people well, you will live fully. Life comes down to relationships; the deeper and more intimate they become, the more fully you will live. Placing God first, others second, and yourself last leads to joy. Place your trust in Jesus, and discover His supernatural care as you trust Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut he answered, \u201cIt is written, \u201c\u2018Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019\u201d Matthew 4:4<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through fasting and prayer, Moses discovered a deeper relationship with God and man than ever. We don\u2019t live on bread alone but by every word from the Lord. Seeking Him earnestly will help us discover what Moses did, an intimacy with the Creator that we can\u2019t find any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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