My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy. Hosea 11:9 Wow, God’s grace at work! That is why he [...]
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“For I am God and not man”
Posted: December 4, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: "For I am God and not man", amazing grace, attributes of God, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, Scripture
Fictitious invocations?
Posted: December 3, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, How sincere is your faith?, John Calvin, prayer, Scripture, Wailing Wall of Jerusalem
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.—Hosea 7:14 The Israelites prayed. They even wailed. But they were not sincere. Examine your own heart as you read John Calvin’s commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says [...]
December 3 Hosea 7-8
Posted: December 3, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, December Bible Readings, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, December 3 Hosea 7-8, December Bible Readings, Hosea, Scripture
December 3 Hosea 7-8 (ESV) 7:1 When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside. 2 But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my [...]
Are you pressing on?
Posted: December 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Are you pressing on?, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, Knowing God, Scripture
Is it your heart cry to KNOW God? To press on to KNOW Him? In Hosea 4 we read, “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the [...]
December 2 Hosea 4-6
Posted: December 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, December Bible Readings, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, December 2 Hosea 4-6, December Bible Readings, Hosea, Scripture
December 2 Hosea 4-6 (ESV) The Lord Accuses Israel 4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; 2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; [...]
God to Hosea: “I want you to get married.”
Posted: December 1, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, God to Hosea: "I want you to get married.", Hosea, Ray Stedman, Redeeming Love, Scripture
This is a long quote, but will help understand our readings in Hosea this month- Ray Stedman comments on the first 3 chapters of Hosea: So Hosea is rather discouraged and in the opening chapter of this little book of prophecy we read a personal note about him. He went to God and God told [...]
December 1 Hosea 1-3
Posted: December 1, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, December Bible Readings, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, December 1 Hosea 1-3, December Bible Readings, Hosea, Scripture
December 1 Hosea 1-3 (ESV) 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Hosea’s Wife and Children 2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the [...]
The Main Thing
Posted: December 5, 2010 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Doug Goins, Hosea, obedience, repentance, Scripture, surrender, The Main Thing
Doug Goins, of Peninsula Bible Church, wraps up our reading of Hosea 14: Verse 9 is an epilogue that serves as a conclusion to the entire prophecy of Hosea. It also provides the final step of returning to the Lord and remaining in fellowship with him: surrendering our will to him. Whoever is wise, let [...]
December 5 Hosea 13-14
Posted: December 5, 2010 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, December Bible Readings, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, December 5 Hosea 13-14, December Bible Readings, Hosea, Scripture
December 5 Hosea 13-14 (ESV) The Lord’s Relentless Judgment on Israel 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of [...]
An appeal to the will
Posted: December 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: An appeal to the will, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, obedience, Scripture, will of God
Doug Goins, of Peninsula Bible Church, wraps up our reading of Hosea 14: Verse 9 is an epilogue that serves as a conclusion to the entire prophecy of Hosea. It also provides the final step of returning to the Lord and remaining in fellowship with him: surrendering our will to him. Whoever is wise, let [...]