Read: Deuteronomy 7:6-11 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. (v. 9) Recently we removed an oak tree from our yard because mistletoe had overrun it. You may know mistletoe as a Christmas decoration, but mistletoe is a parasitic plant. It grows into the host and draws out moisture and nutrients. It cannot just fall off or shake off in the wind. It is loyal—tenaciously clinging to its host and refusing to die until the host dies. In our verse, Moses is giving the Israelites some final words before they cross over the Jordan River to the promised land. He reminds them how they have failed the Lord. Many times, they did not believe