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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. This is God's message to the Israelites. They had knowledge, but they rejected it and forgot it. The result is that sin took their hearts elsewhere. This same thing can happen in the life of a believer. God's sacrificial love will not let us go, but it will not let us off the hook, either. Join us as we look at what happens when God's people are led astray.

As we begin our new series from the Book of Luke, we start with a breaking of the 400 years of silence as Gabriel comes to a man name named Zacharias.

God is without limits but mankind is not. Listen to find out how our limits can be a blessing.

God gave Hosea a strange but specific command in chapter one. Hosea was to go and take a certain kind of woman. And he obeyed. In chapter three, it becomes obvious that Gomer has returned to her old ways. God gives Hosea another command as strange as the first: Go buy Gomer back to yourself. This is a wonderful picture of grace, forgiveness, mercy, and redemption. But, there are stipulations and safeguards. There are also consequences for sin. God had controversy with Israel. Does He have controversy with you? In this lesson, we see the biblical law of sowing and reaping, or cause and effect, on clear display.

The final chapter of Jonah focuses on his reaction to God’s mercy toward Nineveh. When the city repents, Jonah becomes angry and complains to God - even to the point of being frustrated by God's compassion and forgiveness. In fact, Jonah says he would rather die than see Nineveh saved. God responds by teaching Jonah a lesson through a plant and a worm. Ultimately, this shows Jonah's misplaced priorities as he grieves over a plant but not over the lives of more than 120,000 people in Nineveh. The chapter ends with God asking Jonah a rhetorical question, emphasizing His love and concern for all people, not just Israel. Let us learn a lesson from Jonah on how to live spirit-filled lives, not self-filled lives. 

Have you ever gotten more than you asked for? Whether that is a good thing or not often depends on the circumstances. When you meet Jesus, you get far more than you asked for, and it is always a great thing. Those who are in Christ get the opportunity to see God work in miraculous ways, they experience joy that endures, they are a part of the family of God, and they gain a friend that sticks closer than a brother. Truly, we get more than we ask for when we come to Christ.

The love God has for His people is both severe and sincere. In Hosea chapter two, we see both of these aspects on display. God loves His people enough to judge their sin and cut them off from falling further away. This seems severe, but it is for their own good. God also loves His people enough to allure them back to Himself, providing comfort and hope. This severe and sincere love is for you as well! Join us as we examine God's judgment, grace, mercy, and love through the lens of Hosea.

A nobody with nothing has just seen a great victory but it’s not over. He must continue…

As we close out II Samuel, we see David getting right with God. What a powerful text as we learn how to come before God after we have blown it.

In our first lesson out of the book of Hosea, we set the stage for what is happening in Judah, Israel, and the world around them. Once the context is set, we go verse by verse through the first chapter of this minor prophet. We see that God's orders are difficult, but require action. We see Hosea's obedience to God's command and the coming judgment for Israel outlined in Hosea's life. Finally, we see that in spite of the judgment Israel must walk through, God's love and promises will not fail. Be encouraged! God's love for His children is unbreakable! Even when we walk through the consequences of our sin, His sacrificial love is leading the way.