Monthly Archives: July 2017

children of prostitution

devotional post # 2094 Hosea 2:4-5 Hos 2:4 To her children I will also not show tender affection, because they are children of prostitution. Hos 2:5 Because their mother has committed prostitution; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. Because … Continue reading

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fighting words

devotional post # 2093 Hosea 2:1-3 Hos 2:1 Say to your brothers, “my people,” and to your sisters, “tender affection.” Hos 2:2 “Argue with your mother, argue– because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband– that … Continue reading

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God plants a future

devotional post # 2092 Hosea 1:10-11 (2:1-2 in Hebrew) Hos 1:10 But the count of the children of Israel will be like the sand beside the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where it was … Continue reading

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rock-bottom place

  devotional post # 2091 Hosea 1:8-9 Hos 1:8 When she had weaned No Tender Affection, she conceived and gave birth to a son. Hos 1:9 And Yahveh said, “Name him Not My People, because you are not my people, … Continue reading

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tender affection

devotional post # 2090 Hos 1:6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And Yahveh said to him, “Name her No Tender Affection, because I will no more have tender affection on the house of Israel, to forgive … Continue reading

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a boy and a bow

devotional post # 2089 Hosea 1:3-5 Hos 1:3 So he went and married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and gave birth to him a son. Hos 1:4 And Yahveh said to him, “Name him Jezreel, because in … Continue reading

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a broken time

devotional post # 2088 Hos 1:1 The word of Yahveh that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the time of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam the son of Joash, … Continue reading

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a good exit

devotional post # 2087 Luke 24:50-53 Luk 24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and while lifting up his hands he blessed them. Luk 24:51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was lifted up … Continue reading

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the bridge between knowing and doing

devotional post # 2086 Luke 24:44-49 Luk 24:44 Then he told them, “These are my words that I was telling you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets … Continue reading

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mass historia

devotional post # 2085 Luke 24:36-43 Luk 24:36 While they were discussing these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” Luk 24:37 But they were shocked and scared and thought they saw a spirit. … Continue reading

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