The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. – Psalm 9:16 The problem among the people and leaders of Israel was they forgot that the LORD saw and remembered their sin. And we can find ourselves doing the
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. – Hosea 6:6 I remember a time in my life when I felt completely lost. Nothing seemed to work. I went from one problem to another, struggling with everything and everybody. One day, while
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me. – Hosea 5:15 When God saw the sinful state of the nation of Israel, He knew it was because its leaders did not lead in a godly
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. – Psalm 47:8 In today’s verses, Hosea gives Judah a warning. At this time, God’s people were divided into two nations – Israel to the north, and Judah to the south. Israel’s abandonment of their beliefs was far more
My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore. – Hosea 4:12 I think Hosea’s time was very similar to what we experience today: A
And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”- Hosea 3:1 Poor Hosea received another command from the
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. 21 You will increase my greatness and comfort me again. – Psalm 71:20-21 Hope. I read today´s Scripture, and my heart fills with hope. God
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”- Hosea 1:10