Devotions from Hosea

Passage Read: Daniel 12 - Hosea 3 Meditation Verse: Hosea 3:1 Thought The Lord loves the Israelites, even though they pay no attention to Him, but lavish their affections on other gods. The Lord doesn't stop loving Israel, even though she doesn't deserve His love.

Passage Read: Hosea 4-7 Meditation Verse: 7:14 Thought God has many things against the Israelites; they sin against Him regularly. They are very good at it, very prolific in their evil. He longs to redeem them, but they lie to Him and lie against Him.

Passage Read: Hosea 8-11 Meditation Verse: 11:9 Thought The Lord is longsuffering indeed. He is frustrated to the point of destroying Israel, but He then is reminded of His compassion and can't follow through with it. Yet He does. But He also determines to bring…

Passage Read: Daniel 12 - Hosea 3 Meditation Verses: Hosea 2:8-15 Those whom the Lord loves, He rebukes and disciplines. He loves Israel but Israel keeps going after other gods, ignoring His commands and His ways, and pursuing those who grant her every wish and…

Passage Read: Hosea 4-7 Meditation Verses: 7:13-14 Ephraim is destroyed for lack of knowledge. When God desires to heal them, their sin is uncovered. To them, it is all like a game: Say the magic words when things get tough, offer the right sacrifices when…

Passage Read: Hosea 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:1-5 This hits home. I am not the first father to experience this, nor will I be the last. Even God has endured the rejection of His sons. When they were young, He loved them and called them out…

Passage Read: Hosea 12 - Joel 1 Meditation Verses: Hosea 14:1-4 This is what repentance looks like: Turning away from our own wisdom and ways, and coming back to the Lord; coming to the Lord and asking for cleansing from sin and that He would…