But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there. Hosea 2:14 "That was not so bad!" As soon as I said the words to my dad, I wondered if I should have kept them to myself. I was ten years old, and I had just been sent to my room ...
Continue ReadingShe doesn't realize it was I who gave her everything she has— the grain, the new wine, the olive oil; I even gave her silver and gold. But she gave all my gifts to Baal. Hosea 2:8 "I need a waitress!" This is the sentence that Abby, my friend's adorable two-year-old daughter, ex...
Continue ReadingWhen she runs after her lovers, she won't be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him than I am now.' Hosea 2:7 For me, coffee essential in the mornings. Pouring a cu...
Continue ReadingWhen the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, He said to him, "Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods." Hosea 1:2...
Continue ReadingTherefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn't think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe. 1 Thessalonians 2:13
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Continue ReadingJesus said to the people who believed in Him, "You are truly My disciples if you remain faithful to My teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32
We live in a world that doesn't believe in absolute truth. In this Forgotten War, Satan has been wo...
Continue ReadingHe held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance. Revelation 1:16
Many people first start reading the Bible, and they quickly try to skip to the end. They might get bored with the book of Leviticus ...
Continue ReadingFor the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Hebrews 4:12
Satan loves it when we don't take the Bible seriously. He knows when people do...
Continue ReadingPut on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesians 6:17
When Laura and I first moved to Albuquerque, we had never lived in a place where it snowed. It just so happened that the year we moved here had a lot of snow. Our kids looked at the...
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