Posts with the tag “hosea”

Daily Devotional from Hosea 14--Verse 1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.God told Israel if they would repent He would forgive them, protect them, and heal them. Even if we turn away from God—He is always calling us to return.Growing up, I always thought of God as very stern, and I didn’t fully understand His grace. The thought of repentance see...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hosea 10--Verse 12Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.What are we sowing in our lives? How do we sow righteousness so that we may reap steadfast love? Well we have to break up our fallow ground (soften our hearts!) We need to seek the Lord. The...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hosea 8--Verse 4They have installed kings, but not through me. They have appointed leaders, but without my approval. They make their silver and gold into idols for themselves for their own destruction.If we read the Old Testament, we quickly recognize the disdain God has for idol worship. God didn't even let the Israelites carve out an idol for him! Yet, over and over, the Is...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hosea 4--Verse 14I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.Israel often faced judgement from God due to disobedience and idolatry. They were punished with famine, warfare and exi...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Hosea 2—Verse 19And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.When God really wants to get his point across, he is able! He tells the prophet Hosea to marry a prostitute, and then let her go when she goes running off to other men, and then go and buy her back from them and love her again. This is...  Read More