Category Archives: commitment

best foot forward

devotional post # 2246 Numbers 2:7-9 Num 2:7  Tribe of Zebulun: and the general from the sons of Zebulun is Eliab the son of Chelon, Num 2:8  his company as mustered being 57,400. Num 2:9  All those mustered of the … Continue reading

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standing alone

devotional post # 2240 Numbers 1:42-43 Num 1:42  Of the sons of Naphtali, referencing their historical lineage, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to … Continue reading

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his reward

devotional post # 2236 Numbers 1:34-35 Num 1:34  Of the sons of Manasseh, referencing their historical lineage, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to … Continue reading

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different or dangerous?

devotional post # 2204 2 Corinthians 11:1-3 2Co 11:1  I wish you would put up with me as I display a little nonsense. Do put up with me!2Co 11:2  Because I am jealous with God’s jealousy for you, since I … Continue reading

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only one covenant

devotional post # 2179 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 2Co 6:14 Do not be mismated with unbelievers, because what partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness, 2Co 6:15 or what harmony does Christ have with … Continue reading

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frustrated or fruitful?

devotional post # 2144 Hosea 14:8-9 Hos 14:8 O Ephraim, why am I still having to deal with the idols? I am the who answers and looks after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your fruitfulness comes from me. … Continue reading

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king and calf

devotional post # 2128 Hosea 10:5-7 Hos 10:5 The residents of Samaria are afraid for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests– those who had partied over it and over its glory– … Continue reading

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disappearing dew

devotional post # 2111 Hosea 6:4-7 Hos 6:4 What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your covenant loyalty is like a morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early. … Continue reading

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nice shades

devotional post # 2104 Hosea 4:12-14 Hos 4:12 My people look for answers from of their wood, and their walking staff to tell them things. Because a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have left their God … Continue reading

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love pact

devotional post # 2098 Hosea 2:18-20 Hos 2:18 And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the crawling things of the ground. And I will destroy the … Continue reading

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