G-d's calendar: 30th day, 1st month, year 5771

Deuteronomy 8:6
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of YHWH thy G-d, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

These devotions always contain two passages of Scripture. One from the Hebrew Scriptures [Old Testament] and a correlating portion from the New Testament.
These two are so clearly connected that little expounding is needed. G-d told His people in Deuteronomy what was expected and the Y'hshuwah showed how it was done. Living by G-d's commandments is what it is to follow Y'hshuwah and if we are following Y'hshuwah, we will be living by the commandments of G-d.