WORD STUDY – HEAR JEZREEL

by | Oct 23, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 2:22: “And the earth shall hear the corn and the wine, and the oil and they shall hear Jezreel.”   If there is any chapter in the Bible which expresses the heart of God it is Hosea 2.  We have a picture of Hosea who was married to an unfaithful woman and...

WORD STUDY – TAUGHT TO GO

by | Oct 22, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 11:3: “I taught Ephraim to go, taking them by their arm, but they knew not that I healed them.”   I remember when I was student at Moody and I asked my professor who Ephraim was.  He said it was just another name for Israel.  I asked why he just didn’t say...

WORD STUDY – KNOWLEDGE (INTIMACY)

by | Oct 21, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 6:5: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”   “Action speaks louder than words, but nearly as often.”  Mark Twain   This is a very curious passage.  On the surface this passage means exactly what it...

WORD STUDY – I WILL GO

by | Oct 20, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 5:15;  “I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their offence and seek my face, in their affliction they will seek me early.”   By my count, the Old Testament mentions that God will not forsake us twenty two times. Yet, from the way this...

WORD STUDY – LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

by | Oct 17, 2013 | Devotionals

Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”   I consider these little studies a...