Too Many Bookmarks or Reading in Circles (AE 716 & Deuteronomy 29:18-19)

I have not been able to figure out why the Lord has been repeating Himself even more than usual as I read. Really? I know I need to get this drilled into my being, but really? I was feeling utterly bogged down. And this morning, I opened AE to a marked spot, one that had that a "pay attention!" feel to it. I thought, "Hasn't this been sent out?" So I looked over what has gone out this week and realized that I've been reading in circles. No wonder! I also remember that there was a similar verse in Deuteronomy, read about the same time, and I had been checking that to pair the two. So, since that wasn't done before, it seems to be necessary that it is done today - keeping in mind that whatever in the Lord's Word was said to folks long ago, it is just as important to us - as individuals - today:

AE 716 [2]
. . . at the end of the church
every one wishes to live for himself,
for the world,
and according to his own bent,
and few wish to live for the Lord,
for heaven and eternal life . . .

Deuteronomy 29:18-19
Make sure there is no man or woman,
clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the Lord our God
to go and worship the gods of those nations;
make sure there is no root among you
that produces such bitter poison.
When such a person hears the words of this oath,
he invokes a blessing on himself
and therefore thinks,
"I will be safe,
even though I persist in going my own way."
This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.