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A few years ago my Sunday School class and I brainstormed how we could make the Ten Commandments ‘relevant’ to our daily experience. We didn’t feel like we had vital ways to apply the commandments. For example, we felt we could check-off the box for “not stealing” and “not killing”, so were those still something we should keep active in our daily decisions? So, we re-framed them, and came up with this list.

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As a resource, I’m providing them in three ways: within the text of this post, as a PDF document, and as a Word document\u00a0\u00a0(so you can refine them further for your own Sunday School class).

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Enjoy these, please share, but always please include the original source, in this case Jason Marsh.

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Ten Commandments in contemporary language

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By Jason Marsh, October, 2011

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1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Accept no \u201cother\u201d outside the Infinite \u2013 only God

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2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have no \u201cimage\u201d (thought) but perfection \u2013 for self and others

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3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Expect good, expect healing, don\u2019t use God\u2019s name if you don\u2019t mean it \u2013 why pray if you don\u2019t expect results?

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4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Live in the Now – on the Sabbath and every day, hour, and minute

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5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Love without prejudice (to age or bodily description, including parents )

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6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Encourage others and yourself by not killing ideas -> bring positive energy into all your interactions/activities

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7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Respect the sanctity of identity & body \u2013 for yourself and others (no body manipulation)

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8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acknowledge abundance for yourself

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9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be honest to yourself, and therefore others

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10) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Acknowledge abundance for others, humbly see that their good is included in your good

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Note: first 3 relate to your relationship to God, 4th is a transition (both), and last 6 relate to your relationship with others.

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