Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

If Israel is to please the Lord fully, they will live lives that are as distinctive among the nations as their Lord is different from pagan deities.

God wants believers to take an interest in the well-being of the society in which they live.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

The agonies of those who are falsely accused are of great concern to the living God, and He acts as their defender.

The spiritual heritage of the godly lives on after they are gone.

In Deuteronomy 11, God offers Israel a choice; either a life of productivity and enjoyment made possible by obedience to Him, or a life of difficulty and opposition made necessary by disobedience. The happiness Israel desires can only be theirs by being properly related to Him.