God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

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.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

God delights to see His people rejoice in what He has provided.

Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.

Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.