Sep 15, 2024
THEME: Buckle up the belt of truth by FOCUSING YOUR GAZE ON CHRIST.
OK, in my last episode I told you about my nightmare. There was a visitor on my porch that night. That visitor was a picture of the demon who had gained a foothold in my life. He had been tempting me for years and knew just how to do it. He got on the...
Sep 15, 2024
2CHRONICLES 1:
Yesterday we heard Hosea’s final and heart-felt
warning. At the end of his book, Hosea penned a rather short
apology on behalf of the people, requesting forgiveness. God
responded lovingly, pleading for the people of Israel to stay away
from idols. And now we return to the story we interrupted
in...
Sep 14, 2024
HOSEA 13-14:
Yesterday’s reading had this significant
prophecy, prefaced by the words that God would not come to totally
destroy:
Hos.
11:10 NLT For someday the people will follow me.
I,
the LORD, will roar like a lion.
And
when I roar,
my
people will return trembling from the west.
11
Like a flock of birds, they will come...
Sep 13, 2024
HOSEA 11-12:
In yesterday’s reading, as the Lord was
pleading with Israel and using agricultural metaphors, He
said,
Hos.
10:12-13 NLT … ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come
and...
Sep 12, 2024
HOSEA 9-10:
I
like how the GNT translates the first paragraph of chapter 6 as
being the words of the people of Israel.
Hosea 6:1-4
GNT:
1 The people say, “Let's return to the LORD! He
has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but
he will bandage our wounds, won't he?
2 In
two or three days he will...