Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word and the truths that it contains. Thank You for using the life of the prophet Hosea, to paint such a graphic picture of Your relationship with Israel and of Your grace toward her, as well as the Christian Church. Thank You that in Your wrath You remembered mercy, not only for Israel but for me as well. Help me to understand the programme You have for Israel as well as the one You have for Your Church, and help me not to get the two dispensations confused. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
Heavenly Father, what amazing love You have for Your people, Israel, and for Your Church, which is the Body of Christ. Thank You for the life of Hosea and the picture it paints of the never-failing love and mercy You show toward Your people, Israel, and all who believe on Your name. Let me never forget how You rescued me from the slave-market of sin. I rejoice to know Your plan of redemption will one day be completed, when Jesus returns as Israel’s Messiah, the Church will rule and reign with Him in His kingdom, and Christ Jesus will be crowned as King of kings and Lord of lords. Help me show Your love and compassion to all those who cross my path so they may know that Jesus is Lord. In His name I pray, AMEN.
Heavenly Father, what an amazing illustration of Your loving-kindness and gracious faithfulness is found in the book of Hosea. I pray that from this day forward, I would resist the enticements of this world system and look to Jesus, day by day, and moment by moment. May I do only those things that honour Your name, to Your praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
Heavenly Father, what an amazing illustration of Israel's fall from grace and her eventual repentance and restoration is seen through the life of Hosea, Gomer, and their three children. Thank You that Your nation, whose idolatry caused them to be called: "Lo-Ammi, not My people," will one day repent, be rescued from the slave-market of sin, and be restored into a right relationship with You when they believe on Jesus, their Messiah. Thank You that I have also been rescued from enslavement to sin and have been born from above by faith in Jesus Christ, my God and Saviour. May I eschew all forms of evil and seek to do only that which is righteous in Your sight, for Your praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
Father, keep me looking to Jesus, moment by moment. Teach me, daily, all that You would have me to learn. Protect my life and the children that You have graciously given to me, and may they also grow in grace and in a knowledge of Jesus, and may we all learn to reverence the Lord in the beauty of holiness, day by day, until we all stand before You in glory. This I ask in Jesus' precious name, AMEN.
Loving Father, Your promises are true for You have remained faithful to the people of Israel and You will remain faithful to all Your children, who trust in the Lord as Saviour, for which we give You eternal thanks and praise in Jesus name I pray, AMEN.
Heavenly Father, it is very sobering to realise how quickly Your people, Israel, strayed from Your ways and fell into spiritual adultery. I pray that I may walk in spirit and truth, and live in a way that honours Your name. Help me to grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Enable me to be increasingly Christ-like in my actions, attitudes, mind, and motives so that Your name may be lifted up and others may see Christ in me. This I ask in His precious name, AMEN.
Dear Lord, You have poured water on a dry and thirsty land. You have poured out rivers of living water into my heart and streams in the desert of my soul, and I praise and bless Your holy name.
Loving Lord, my country has forgotten You and has turned her back on You, Who are the only source of blessings. We have sown the bitter winds of wrath and are beginning to reap the whirlwind, for we have turned aside from the truth of the gospel and have tried to drink the brackish waters in the broken cisterns of our lives.
Look down in pity on my country, and may Your eyes search to and fro and seek out those that know and love the truth. And Father in Your grace and pity, pour out blessings on our land and on those that love You, for the sake of Your only beloved Son, who died to rescue us all.
Bless my land and bless my people and bless me I pray, in Jesus name,
Amen.
Loving Father thank you for the reminder that I need to root out all bitterness, unforgiveness, legalism, disinterest, distrust, and unbelief in my heart, for I want to sow unto myself righteousness, knowing that it is only through Your loving-mercy that such fruit will grow. I pray that I will not delay in breaking up the fallow ground in my own heart, knowing that today is the day I need to seek You with every fibre of my being. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
Heavenly Father, thank You for the amazing story of Hosea, whose life became such a beautiful picture of Your love for Israel and such a wonderful comfort for all Your children. Thank You that You are a faithful God, and that in Your mercy You have done all that is necessary for me to be forgiven of my sins - past, present and future - by faith in Christ. Thank You that by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone, I am eternally Yours. And thank You that nothing can separate me from Your love, and that no one can pluck me out of Your hands. Keep me faithful to my calling. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.
Loving Father God, thank You that when I am weary and worn, You are there as refreshing dew from heaven. Thank You that Your faithfulness extends to all your people, even when we go astray. Keep me ever close to your side. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.