December 4 Hosea 9-12 (ESV) The Lord Will Punish Israel 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors. 2 Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. 3 They shall not [...]
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December 4 Hosea 9-12
Posted: December 4, 2010 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, December Bible Readings, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, December 4 Hosea 9-12, December Bible Readings, Hosea, Scripture
Cry from the heart!
Posted: December 3, 2010 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Cry from the heart!, cry to God, daily Bible, Hosea, Scripture, true worship
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. John Calvin commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says here that the Israelites had not cried to God, which is yet the chief thing in repentance. But this [...]
Let us press on to know the Lord
Posted: December 2, 2010 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hosea, Knowing Christ, Knowing God, knowledge, Let us press on to know the Lord, Scripture, Seek to KNOW God!
Hosea 6:1 “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. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. 3 Let us know; let [...]
Redeeming Love
Posted: December 1, 2010 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, faithfulness of God, God is faithful, God's faithfulness, God's love, Hosea, Jesus is our Bridegroom, love of God, Ray Stedman, Redeeming Love, Scripture, unconditional love, We are the bride
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 him to do a strange thing. God said, “I want you to get married.” I [...]
A cord of compassion that slips around our wandering hearts
Posted: December 4, 2010 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, HoseaTags: a cord of compassion that slips around our wandering hearts, amazing grace, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Doug Goins, God is sovereign, God's discipline, God's love, God's Sovereign Mercy, God's sovereignty, Hosea, Peninsula Bible Church, Scripture, sovereign grace, Ultimate Compassion
When we get in touch with that kind of frustration over people we want to love, care for, and encourage but who respond only with rejection or manipulation, then we are able to understand God’s anguish over the nation Israel. Hosea 11 and 12 are two of the most moving, tender chapters in the Bible. [...]