by Angela Perritt | Mar 18, 2019 | Faithful Love, Faithful Love (Hosea), Love God Greatly Posts |
“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. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know; let us press on to know the...
by Angela Perritt | Mar 17, 2019 | Faithful Love, Faithful Love (Hosea), Love God Greatly Posts |
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me. – Hosea 5:15 When God saw the sinful state of the nation of Israel, He knew it was because its leaders did not lead in a godly way. It would...
by Angela Perritt | Mar 14, 2019 | Faithful Love, Faithful Love (Hosea), Love God Greatly Posts |
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. – Psalm 47:8 In today’s verses, Hosea gives Judah a warning. At this time, God’s people were divided into two nations – Israel to the north, and Judah to the south. Israel’s abandonment of their beliefs...
by Angela Perritt | Mar 13, 2019 | Faithful Love |
My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore. – Hosea 4:12 I think Hosea’s time was very similar to what we experience today: A lack...
by Angela Perritt | Mar 12, 2019 | Faithful Love, Faithful Love (Hosea), Love God Greatly Posts |
And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”- Hosea 3:1 Poor Hosea received another command from the Lord:...