by Susan Barnes | 9 Dec 2016 | Devotions OT
I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord. Hosea 2:19-20 Becoming a Christian is like getting engaged. When we say ‘yes’ to a...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Oct 2013 | Devotions OT
Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor. Hosea 9:1 Although Hosea and Gomer’s relationship isn’t mentioned again after chapter 3 in the...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Oct 2013 | Devotions OT
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek (about 195 kilograms) of barley. Hosea 3:2 Hosea’s life is an object lesson in how far God will go to prove his love for his people. God tells Hosea to take the initiative and go to Gomer,...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Nov 2006 | Devotions OT
“When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord.” Hosea 1:2 God’s love is so much more than the...
