August 29, 2016
Luke 6:27-36 (ESV) 27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, [...]
July 31, 2016
Ephesians 2:1-5 (ESV) And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 [...]
July 10, 2016
Job 42:1-6 (ESV) Then Job answered the Lord and said: 2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too [...]
July 3, 2016
Job 40:1-15 (ESV) The Lord said to Job: 2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” 3 Then Job answered the Lord: 4 “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. 5 I [...]
June 12, 2016
Luke 19:11-27 (ESV) 11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12 He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for [...]
The Way Home
Hosea 14:1-9 (NIV) [a]Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 2 Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b] 3 Assyria [...]
May 15, 2016
Hosea 11:12 - 12:14 (NIV) 12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.[a] 12 [b]1 Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a [...]
The Maternal Love of the LORD, Our God
Hosea 11:1-10 (NIV) “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more I called Israel, the further they went from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. 3 It was [...]
April 24, 2016
Hosea 2:14 - 3:5 (NIV) 2:14 “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. 15 There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. [...]
April 17, 2016
Hosea 2:1-13 (NIV) 1 “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’ 2 “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the [...]