Read Hosea 2. The story of humanity is really a simple one. God created us and gave us everything we would ever need. We chose to be unfaithful to Him, and we decided to only go to Him when it is convenient for us. God made a promise of punishment for our sins. God then…

Read Hosea chapter 1. I cannot imagine being in Hosea’s position here. Hosea, a man of God, is being told to marry a “promiscuous” woman by God (someone we might would call a “whore”, someone who is not faithful and is sleeping around). And then, for each of the children she gives Hosea, God tells…

“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” Proverbs‬ ‭10‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Hatred brings strife. Love covers all offenses.  If your first reaction to something is hatefulness, it will only bring strife. So instead, choose love. Not in a hippie kind of way, but in a love your neighbor kind of way. Love doesn’t…

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. . . . they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” Revelation 14:13b, 14b Blessed are you when you die for the Lord. For me, I see a common theme in Revelation that goes back to Jesus’ words telling…

“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.… He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”” Jonah‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬a, ‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Jonah ran away from the Lord – can you imagine trying to run away from God, knowing…

“So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that…

“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.” Revelation‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Every tribe, every nation, every people, every tongue – Christianity was the woke culture 2000 years ahead of its time.…

“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.” Revelation‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ How much does it take for you to give up and flee out of fear? How much are you willing to…

“For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year…

“When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, ‘You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?’” Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬…