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March 10 - Hosea 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's a Tuesday, it's the 10th of
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  March, and it's great to have your company.
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  Thank you for inviting me in because today is the day that we
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  are going to finish reading this fascinating and wonderful and
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  insightful little book of prophecy called Hosea.
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  And the last part of Hosea really is this chapter of hope.
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  It's a brief chapter. There's only 9 verses long, but
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  it is God calling his people back to him and saying how he
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  will love them and how they will flourish when they choose to
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  return, repent and be his people once more.
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  Oh, this is beautiful. This this poetry of restoration.
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  So let's enjoy it together. Show we're friends.
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  Let's read together Hosea chapter 14.
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  Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have
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  brought you down, but your confessions and return to the
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  Lord. Say to him, forgive all our sins
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  and graciously receive us so that we may offer you our
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  praises. Assyria cannot save us, nor can
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  our war horses. Never again will we say to the
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  idols we have made. You are our gods.
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  No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.
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  The Lord says, Then I will heal you of your faithlessness.
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  My love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever.
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  I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven.
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  Israel will blossom like the Lily.
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  It will send roots deep into the soil like the Cedars in Lebanon.
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  Its branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as
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  fragrant as the Cedars of Lebanon.
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  My people will again live under my shade.
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  They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines.
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  They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon.
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  O Israel, stay away from idols. I am the one who answers your
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  prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always
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  green. All your fruit comes from me.
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  Let those who are wise understand these things.
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  Let those with discernment listen carefully.
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  The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people
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  live by walking in them. But in those paths, sinners
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  stumble and fall. Our Lord, let us always
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  remember. Let us always know, just as you
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  said through your prophet Hosea, that it's you and you alone who
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  answers our prayers. It's you and you alone who cares
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  for us. And all of our fruit comes from
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  you. All of the good things in our
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  life are gifts from you. All of the blessings we enjoy
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  are blessings that you pour on us.
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  You are our wonderful providing God.
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  Thank you for providing all these things for us.
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  Thank you for blessing us so lavishly, and thank you for
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  giving us your Son. Thank you for Jesus who taught
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  us about your heart of kindness and compassion and love and
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  mercy to make you relatable, to make you a God.
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  We can truly know and know you. We do and love you.
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  We do our wonderful God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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  Amen.