Hosea 3:1-5, Deuteronomy 24:1, Jeremiah 30:9

God wants us to know that He loves us with all His heart. He shows time after time that he would go the extra mile to seek us. Hosea represents how God pursues us even though we go in the opposite direction. He desires us until he finds us and repurchases us. He repurchased us with the sacrifice of Jesus at the cross. He is a saving, rescuer, and loving God willing to take the extra step for us.

Gomer here represents the people of Israel and us who wander off wishing to find love like God's in other people, but only God can provide us with this solid and permanent love. He seeks after us until we are found.

Hosea 2, 1 Samuel 15:22 and John 15:15

The Lord wants to pursue us with his loving-kindness. He pursued Gomer, Israel, and also us if we allow him. He is gentle and wants us to see that his ways are better to seek than ours.

Israel loved other gods, but when he decided to bring them back into a relationship with him, he did not shy away; he pursued them as it says in the words, "allure her." He technically loved them even when they did not see his love. He puts a hedge of protection around us and makes us invisible to the things and the people who would intentionally harm us.

Seek his love, for he is at the door knocking and waiting for our answer.

Hosea 1:1-11 Romans 9:15

In this book, we see the redemptive work of God. You see Israel's kingdom on the north, and Judah's on the south. God used Hosea's story to show his people that "he has mercy upon whom he has mercy."(Rom 9:15) Why? Because Israel was bottomless in idolatry at the time of Hosea. They put other gods first.

And so, through Hosea, God showed his people how they were prostitutes by serving other gods before him. I bet it was hard for Hosea to take on this task of marrying a prostitute, but God showed his love for his people by redeeming them and us.

We tend to go our way when we think our ways are better, but God is always watching to see when we will give up on our stubborn hearts and follow only Him. It's easy to say but hard to do, but if we are submissive enough, God will show us that his favor is way better than anything this world can offer.

Daniel 12:1, 3-4,6,8-9,11-13

In this final chapter of the book of Daniel, God revealed to Daniel many things that will happen in the future.

God comforted Daniel by telling him not to worry until that time came and to live his life one day at a time (v9).

Now, since we know what is to come and have the whole scriptures at our disposal, we need to use it to share with other people how lavishly comforting his word truly is so that we may shine brightly when God's truth is shared.

This day, take time to share God's truth with someone you come in contact with and do not be afraid of the things that are to come to this world, for God's children will be saved from his wrath coming to this world.

Daniel 11: 1-4, 37-39,45 John 16:33

As children of God, we ought to remain encouraged, for God gave His son to die on the cross for us to have hope in the future, in his second coming, and that is before the antichrist starts ruling the earth. We are to remain tranquil but alert, for we don't know the day or the hour of His coming but not have fear of the antichrist.

Today, I encourage you to trust God more and let fear outside, for it shouldn't have a grip on your heart. God loves his children very much and wants us to love Him back, for He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our rescue, and that is Jesus. Jesus has redeemed us by his cross sacrifice, which is true if you are His follower. So, today, stay encouraged and hopeful of His coming, for he will deliver us from God's wrath and the enemy's evil.

Daniel 10: 1-3, 5-8,11-13, 18

Daniel was consecrated to God. His heart was set on God, and for that reason, God revealed to him many visions.

At the time of this vision, Daniel was fasting for three weeks, for the armies of satan were troubling him(the Persian army). But God sent help to Daniel to understand God's vision for him that pertained to "the days yet future". This vision was about the end times.

The angelic being God sent to Daniel gave him strength, and Daniel could withstand his presence. When we are torn or lack strength, God sends help for us to sustain our ground at the right time, as he did with Daniel here. Daniel saw an angelic being and fell to the ground. Imagine seeing Jesus face to face, but men can't see God, the Father, and live. Keep praying that God will help and strengthen you at the time of your need.

Daniel 9:1-3, 8,22-27 Isaiah 9:6, Luke 1:31-33, 21:24

When we come to God with great surrender, he listens. Daniel wanted to know about the vision Jeremiah had about the 70 years. And so he prayed with a surrendered heart, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes to hear a revelation from God about these 70 years or weeks.

Daniel knew that God would listen if he came to God with a humble and sincere heart. And so God did and sent Gabriel to explain those years to Daniel. What God can do when we pray is genuinely unique. Time in prayer is divine. Jesus opened the door for us to pray to God directly in His name. So, we have access now to the Father; what an honor it is that we can come and ask God to reveal deep things and intervene on behalf of other people as Daniel did. God gave him more details about this 70 years/weeks through Gabriel.

Let's pray and share the gospel with people, for we don't know when the final days of the 69 years/weeks will conclude.

Daniel 8:1-9 and 17

Daniel was entrusted with this vision of a near future in his time and a far future of the end of times in our future times.

Daniel was very loyal to God, and thus, this is the reason why God entrusted him with a vision such as this.

The end of times is a future time where evil will rule among the people of the earth. For this reason, we are to share the truth with as many as possible, for we don't know when we will depart from the world and evil start ruling among the people. People ought to know about the truth of Christ because he is the redeemer who can unite and reconcile us to the Father. Men seek better so-called administrators, and thus, in the future, they will allow the antichrist to rule because he would have a smooth talk and persuade many to follow him.

Take charge today and share the truth with someone. Love on people with the hope of Christ.

Daniel 7: 4-8, 17 and Ezequiel 5:20

The Lord entrusted Daniel with this vision and dream for what we have read in previous verses in Daniel; he was very loyal to God. The four beasts represent three kingdoms that already had their time in history and one that will flourish in the future: the Roman Empire with the coming of the antichrist. We must stand and share the truth with everyone we encounter, for we don't know when Christ will come and take his chosen away, and those who don't accept Christ will remain here being guided by the antichrist and its afoul dictatorship ruling. Let's be like Daniel and serve God and man with great humility, knowing God's saving grace = love is better than anything man and this world could ever give us.

Daniel 6: 1-3, 5,8-10, 13-26; 1 King 8:30

The Lord was faithful to Daniel because he depended on and served Him. God finds great delight in his children when they are obedient to Him. Daniel was devoted to God, and because of that, God gave him an "extraordinary spirit," meaning that people could see the hands of God in all that he did, whether at work or by being obedient to his prayer life and fellowship with the Father. Daniel represented God so well that even kings of the earth acknowledged the greatness of God and ordered all the people to worship Him. Daniel's fellowship with God is the same one we are to have with God, who is loyal to God and who lives according to his statutes for the world to see His greatness.