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TEXT: Hosea 1:1 | THE MERCY OF GOD TO AN ADULTEROUS PEOPLE INTRO : Intro about the minor prophets There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years.…

Ties in with previous verse, 5:15. There are three things that God desires from our text today. Remember that these three things are addressed to the covenant people of God, yet have relevance to the people of the new covenant — the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the first thing that God desires…

Good morning! Today we continue in our journey in our series of messages together entitled “The Heart of Worship” to discover more clearly what the true nature of worship is and looks like, taking Jesus’ word to the Samaritan women at the well in John 4 as our guide where he told her that the Father…

Who is the God of Israel? Author: Hosea The prophet carried a relatively common name among Jews of his day. His name, Hosea, means “deliverance” or “salvation.” This was Joshua’s (Moses’ successor) original name ( Num. 13:16 ) before it was changed by Moses to Joshua (Yehoshua). Date: 755 - 735 BC. Audience:…

God has been, and is, active in our world. This is a central, foundational, and core truth of Scripture. To be faithful Christians we must remember that God did not just create and then take a “hands off” posture but instead remains active in the world he created. The OT call: Remember! How easy it is…

Knowing God But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in…

We are all striving for something. I believe this is a lyric of a song but I am not certain. Basic needs: power/achievement, freedom/independence, fun/enjoyment, survival, and belonging. These are some of our basic needs and sometimes they compete with one another. Sometimes we want what we need. Sometimes…

Our Motives for Service 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Our Motives Can Reveal Our Hearts 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2 So he prayed to the Lord , and said, “Ah, Lord , was…

Ha’azinu Give Ear Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Last Torah portion we discussed that although we have a pastor, leader, Shepard, or an elder to lead, that it is the Lord the one who commands Spring rain and Fall rain Prior to last Torah portion we also talked…

Never before have a preached a message for those who are not here. For those that are, this will be a message for you to keep in your back pocket, should your future context warrant a second look and listen. Instead, this is for those of you who have fallen, drifted, turned away, abandoned, questioned,…

Social media is something that a huge percentage of the population follows, for many different reasons. According to Pew Research’s analysis of social media usage, on a compilation of 27 surveys and about 47,000 interviews among adult internet users and about 62,000 interviews among all adults conducted…

Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Who is Sarah? Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she…

God’s redeeming love From a narrative to an overview we have looked at God’s redeeming love the last couple of weeks, here is a reminder or two before we get into this mornings lesson. (Insert God’s-redeeming-love picture here) Hosea was a prophet to Israel (Northern kingdom) Hosea came on the seen as…

Since the Fall our world functions abnormally, and humanity as a whole has run off the track on which God initially set it. At various times we all have to face this reality, which may challenge our hope, security, or joy. Sin takes its toll (health, relationships, world events, etc.). For the believer,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

This lesson was develop (heavily) from written and digital materials from Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life"

I figured with this being Valentine’s week that this would be a good topic to talk about. Some of you are saying awe man any week but this week. I don’t want to hear about Intimacy this week as I am about to face a week with out this and here in church we have to hear about it. God has been stirring…

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

When Maria Rubio of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, was making a burrito in 1977, she saw the face of Jesus on one of her tortillas. She was thrilled and showed it to her husband and neighbors, who all confirmed that the tortilla had a face that looked like the classic Roman Catholic images of Jesus. She took…

There is a constant conflict within our hearts, it is the conflict of comfort with what we know verses the need to embrace that which is new. People like what they know, they like being with people like them and in essence people don’t like change. Who remembers the movie Happy Feet? There was this constant…

Jesus Calls Matthew Matt 9:9-13 “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus…

Revelation 1:19 . 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. Jesus’ outline of Revelation: What was seen : Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is : the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be : Jesus’ judgement in the seven…

Love Had No Beginning The nature, attribute, perfection of God - 1 John 4:8 God is love ἀγαπάω agapaō - God’s perfect love. Perfect affection and regard. Defines a special relationship between God and man. Self-sacrificing and unconditional in nature . Looking for the betterment of the recipient (us).…

Minor Prophets... The minor prophets begin with our look at Hosea this morning. The 5 Major Prophets are through, we proceed on to the 12 Minor Prophets. Much shorter in length, no less powerful and important for us to understand. Minor prophets total are 67 chapters, Isaiah is 66 The Minor prophets…