Walking Together in Covenant
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Parashah Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20)
Theme: Choosing Life Together: Renewing Our Covenant with Ad-nai and Each Other
READ
“You are standing today, all of you, before Ad-nai your G-d, your heads, your tribes, your leaders, and your officers, all the men of Isra’el… in order to enter into the covenant of Ad-nai your G-d and into His oath which Ad-nai your G-d is making with you today.”
Devarim / Deuteronomy 29:9–11, CJB
“The word is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.”
Devarim / Deuteronomy 30:14, CJB
“I call on heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have presented you with life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore, choose life, so that you will live, you and your descendants, loving Ad-nai your G-d, paying attention to what He says, and clinging to Him.”
Devarim / Deuteronomy 30:19–20, CJB
REFLECT
Nitzavim means “you are standing.” Moshe gathers the people of Israel before Ad-nai to renew the covenant, men and women, leaders and laborers, even the sojourners among them. Everyone is included. No one is forgotten. For couples, this image of standing together before G-d is deeply powerful. Marriage itself is a covenantal standing, a shared choice to remain side by side before Ad-nai through every season. Just as Israel was called to choose life, we too must continually choose life in our words, our actions, and our attitudes toward each other. Choosing life means choosing forgiveness instead of resentment, hope instead of despair, tenderness instead of distance. It is an everyday decision to guard the bond we share as sacred. Moshe reminds the people that G-d’s word is not far away, it’s “in your mouth and in your heart.” In marriage, that means the tools for healing and connection are already within us: a kind word, a listening heart, a prayer whispered together. Life and death truly are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Each time we choose to speak blessing, we choose life.
DISCUSS
- What does it mean for us to “stand before Ad-nai” together in our marriage right now? What area of life might He be inviting us to renew in covenant with Him?
- When have we recently chosen life through our words or actions toward each other? How did it strengthen our connection?
- What practical step could we take this week to “cling to Ad-nai” as a couple, through prayer, study, or simply pausing together to invite His presence?
PRAY
Ad-nai Chayim, G-d of Life, Today we stand before You, grateful for Your covenant and for the gift of one another. Teach us to choose life daily, to speak words that heal, to forgive quickly, and to keep our hearts soft before You. May our marriage be a living reflection of Your faithfulness, rooted in Your Word and renewed by Your Spirit. Strengthen us to walk together in love, always choosing life. In Yeshua’s name, Amen.
Weekly Thought
Love is a daily choice. Every word, every gesture, every prayer together is an act of choosing life.
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Shavua Tov,
