Category Archives: holiness

right time, wrong question

devotional post # 2140 Hosea 13:10-13 Hos 13:10 Where is your king now, can he rescue you in all your cities? Where are all your leaders– those about whom you asked, “Give me a king and princes”? Hos 13:11 I … Continue reading

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sour grapes

devotional post # 2124 Hosea 9:9-12 Hos 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves like in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their violation; he will punish their mistakes. Hos 9:10 Like grapes in the wilderness, that is how I … Continue reading

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denying the mirror image

devotional post # 2115 Hosea 7:8-10 Hos 7:8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a half-baked cake. Hos 7:9 Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not get it; gray hairs are sprouting on him, and he does … Continue reading

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today’s entertainment

devotional post # 2113 Hosea 7:1-3 Hos 7:1 I just start to heal Israel, and the crookedness of Ephraim is revealed, and the crimes of Samaria; because they deal falsely; the thief breaks in indoors, and the bandits raid outdoors. … Continue reading

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the One who defines holiness

NO GRUB, NO GLORY Luke 6:1-5 Luk 6:1 Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. Luk 6:2 But some of the … Continue reading

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rescued to serve without fear

Luke 1:67-75 Luk 1:67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, and this is what he said, Luk 1:68 “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and has … Continue reading

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two holy animals

MYSTERY SOLVED Leviticus 27:9-13 Lev 27:9 “If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to Yahveh, all of it that he gives to Yahveh is holy. Lev 27:10 He will not exchange it or make … Continue reading

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feasting on his presence

HE PROVIDES WHAT WE NEED: HIMSELF Leviticus 24:5-9 Lev 24:5 “You will take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah will be in each loaf. Lev 24:6 And you will set them in two … Continue reading

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national deliverance

Leviticus 23:15-22 Lev 23:15 “You will count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. Lev 23:16 You will count fifty days to the day after the … Continue reading

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up time

Leviticus 23:4-8 Lev 23:4 “These are the appointed feasts of Yahveh, the holy conventions, which you will proclaim at the time appointed for them. Lev 23:5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is … Continue reading

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