Hosea | Day 5 | He sovereignly waits while we run

28 April 2013

Hosea 5 | 2 Kings 17:19-20 | Jeremiah 2:27 Hosea 5 is a chapter with a twofold meaning. At first, reading it through perhaps makes you tremble. After all, we can see ourselves in Israel. Their disobedience, idolatry, pride, and choosing man over God. God’s wrath is evident in this chapter as He pours His [...]


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Hosea | Day 4 | When we run, He is in control

27 April 2013

Hosea 4 | Romans 3:9-27 As I read Hosea 4, my lips and heart grow silent. The image of Israel’s spiritual adultery is sobering to say the least. Part of me recoils at the dark and difficult language of Hosea, and yet how much more painful must it be for the God of heaven – [...]


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Hosea | Day 3 | He knows what’s coming

26 April 2013

Hosea 3 + Romans 5:8 God never said the right thing would be the easy thing. It’s not always easy to get our quiet time in with the Lord each morning when we could really use an extra hour of sleep. It’s not always easy for us to respond with grace when the lady in [...]


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Hosea | Day 2 | Around the Back Door

25 April 2013

Hosea 2, 2 Samuel 12:1-10 How familiar are you with the story of David? He was the shepherd boy who was anointed king, defeated a giant with a stone and a slingshot, and ruled wisely over Israel (along with a whole lot of shenanigans) until, in his old age, he passed the throne to his [...]


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Hosea | Day 1 | Once we were not His people

24 April 2013

Intro Hosea? Interesting choice, huh? Hosea was a prophet who cried out to the people of Israel thousands of years ago – calling them to repentance, almost repetitively, speaking and pointing all the while to restoration. The gospel implications in Hosea are exhaustive because where there is need and sin and brokenness, there is hope [...]


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Community Testimony: Johanna Price | Bloom

23 April 2013

Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness;     let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:3 The snow falls steadily; it’s a typical Minnesota winter’s day. Every being in this house is napping, with the exception of me and my heart dog Scout. The one who showed up on the doorstep of the Atlanta house I [...]


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Community Testimonies: Kaila Mugford | Grace Alone

22 April 2013

Sixteen weeks. If you found out your child had only sixteen weeks left to live…what would you do? This is a road I have walked. And although I know that amount of time is almost nothing at all, the first four months of 2012 felt like the longest four months of my entire life. When [...]


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Prayer in the Bible | Day 21 | Weekly Truth

21 April 2013

Today, as a body of women, let’s meditate on and memorize God’s word. Not for our own glory or honor, but for the joy of our Father and the growth of His Truth in our hearts. “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” James 5:16b, ESV


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Prayer in the Bible | Day 20 | Practicing Private + Corporate Prayer

20 April 2013

Text: Matthew 6:6, Acts 2:42, James 5:16 Good morning, sisters! For the past two days, we’ve been reading instructions and studying examples of private and corporate prayer in the Bible. And today? Today is the day we get intentional. Praying alone, at an appointed time: If you’re anything like me, you shy away from making [...]


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Prayer in the Bible | Day 19 | The Everywhere + The Somewhere

19 April 2013

Text: Acts 4:23-31, 1 Thess 5:17, Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12, Acts 10:9, and Daniel 6:10 When is a good time to pray? And where is a good place to pray? Simple: always and everywhere …right? According to passages like Acts 4:23-31; yes! Here Peter and John show us an amazing picture of Christian [...]


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