Bridging the Gap With Pastor Lloyd Pulley

Have you noticed how many politicians seem to have trouble with factuality these days? I mention this because it's important that we as Christians always have the facts of God's word available for sharing. Pastor Lloyd's message is in Hosea chapter eleven, and is titled "God's Heart Poured Out".

Today Lloyd continues his new series in Hosea. I think all Christians can agree that in order to be a good witness for God, we need to have our relationship with Him in good shape. Part of that right relationship is pointing our lives and thoughts in the right direction - toward God, and the soon return of Jesus Christ.

Today on Bridging the Gap, pastor Lloyd Pulley again takes us to the book of Hosea, as we examine the consequences of a dried up life. A lawn that has dried up can usually be brought back with fertilizer, water and a little TLC, but what about a dried up life?

Today on Bridging the Gap, pastor Lloyd Pulley will urge us to throw that kind of thinking right out the window, and concentrate on what really makes for a successful life - an eternally successful life - glorifying God. We're studying the minor prophet Hosea.

Now that we're grown up we can see that spoiling kids, adults or anything else leads to nothing but trouble. As we again look at the book of Hosea today, let's realize that we need to get back to our roots as Christians - thanking God for everything we have, whether it's a lot or a little.

If there were such a thing as a

"Faith - O - Meter", to measure the level of faith in God you display in your life, how would you score? That's what Lloyd will discuss today as we look at some people who displayed what pastor Lloyd calls a "half-hearted faith". If that describes you today, please stay with us because you're going to hear some encouraging words about how to maximize your faith!

Today pastor Lloyd Pulley will take us once again to the Old Testament book of Hosea, as we continue our look at this incredibly significant minor prophet. Remember, these last books of the Old Testament are called "minor prophets" because of their length, not their substance. Hosea is a great book that validates, verse after verse, God's great and wonderful plan for mankind.

Have you noticed how our country is slowly but surely drifting away from our Christian roots? It seems the more successful we are as a nation, the less credit God gets for that success. It's true of our nation, and it's true of many individual Christians as well. Hosea the prophet warned of just such an attitude in his prophetic Old testament book, and we'll continue our study in Hosea chapters four and five today. The consequences of taking God for granted are clearly spelled out here, so let's pay close attention!

Sometimes as Parents, it seems that no matter how much we do for our kids, no matter how much we love them, they sometimes pull away from us. Then we try harder, and they pull further away. It was that way with God and The Children of Israel as well. Today we'll bring you a study from the book of Hosea. So turn if you would to Hosea Chapter four and we'll get started.

Yesterday we began a new series in what is commonly referred to as the "minor prophets". These books at the end of the Old testament, have many important insights about future events, and they talk repeatedly about the coming Messiah. We've begun a study in Hosea chapters one through three, and we now join pastor Lloyd in chapter one, verse eight.