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Our scripture today is Amos 9:14 (ESV). I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. Restoration is both God’s plea and promise. He wants to restore the …
Our scripture today is Amos 5:24 (ESV). But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Even if you say you don’t know any verses from the Book of Amos, you likely recognize this. We all long for justice to be done, but usually to those who have harmed us. However, …
Our scripture today is Amos 1:1 (ESV). The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Amos was not a “professional” prophet …
Our scripture today is Joel 3:20 (ESV). But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. As with virtually all the prophets, Joel ends with a promise of hope from the Lord. We read in Revelation 21:2 “And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared …
Our scripture today is Joel 2:1 (ESV). Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near, As prophets are called to do, Joel shares God’s words of warning. He likens it to an …
Our scripture today is Joel 1:1 (ESV). The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: While the Book of Joel is short, it packs a real punch. It speaks of a calamity that befalls the nation because of their disobedience and disbelief. Notice that the verse says “the word of …
Our scripture today is Hosea 14:9 (ESV). Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. We have heard guidance such as Hosea offers here before. In Psalm 107:43 we …
Our scripture today is Hosea 12:6 (ESV). So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God. What does it mean to “wait continually for your God”? There are several other Old Testament verses that encourage us in the same way. In Psalm 27:14 …
Our scripture today is Hosea 10:12 (ESV). Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. Even as Hosea warns the people of God’s judgement, there is a call to repentance and reconciliation with …
Our scripture today is Hosea 1:10 (ESV). Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.” …