He who loves the Lord above all is a healthy and whole person; for your life is determined by what you love. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 14:9, The Wisdom of the Gospel of Hosea appeared first on Sunfield.

His wrath does not exist IN OPPOSITION TO his love; it exists BECAUSE of his love. He can’t STAND to see sin doing what it does to the creatures he loves. Precisely because God is a loving God he must be a wrathful God. In a world where there is such thing as evil, a loving person is also an angry person. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 13:14e-14:8, The Awfulness of Divine Judgment appeared first on Sunfield.

When the Bible talks about salvation, it’s not fundamentally talking about NEAR rescue, but about COMPREHENSIVE rescue — not surviving, but thriving — under God, as a whole human being, for the good of others, in a renewed world. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 13:14d-14:8, A Thriving People appeared first on Sunfield.

God doesn’t love you BECAUSE you’re beautiful; he loves you to MAKE you beautiful. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 13:14-14:8, An Unlikely Love Story appeared first on Sunfield.

Cry out — cry out for help right in the middle of a sinful binge, when you’re drunk with your own lust and sinful desire — he will rescue you from you. And the REASON he will is that he wants to! Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 11:12-13:14d week 2, A Helping God appeared first on Sunfield.

In the irony of the gospel, Jesus first defied death by letting it defeat him so that through his resurrection he might destroy it for you. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 11:12-13:14d week 1, A Death-Defying God appeared first on Sunfield.

If you are a Christian, your faith in Jesus unites you to him as the beloved son. By faith, you are one with the beloved son! Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 11:1, The Beloved Son of God appeared first on Sunfield.

God knows we all need more help, but possibly we need LESS self. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 10:13-11:11 week 2, The Idol of Self appeared first on Sunfield.

God’s love doesn’t just come to you at the beginning of the road or at the end of the story; his love is for you throughout the totality of your life. No matter how many times you betray him, his disposition toward you will never, ever, ever, ever change. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 10:13-11:11 week 1, God’s Love: Past, Present, & Future appeared first on Sunfield.

This is love that isn’t based on you. It CAN’T be, because you are a sinner. And because it isn’t based on you, but based on him — on the endless well of love that he has for you, you can know that it will always be there for you. He will always be yours and you will always be his. Stephen Saucier The post Hosea 7:13, The Desiring God appeared first on Sunfield.