by Lynne Marie | Jul 9, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Hosea 11: 1-9 gives an answer to one of our principal motives for sinning. The answer is, “I am the Holy One in your midst, and I have no wish to destroy.” We sin because we think religion destroys what is human. We think keeping God’s laws will take away our...
by Lynne Marie | Jul 8, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Hosea 10: 1-12 predicts consequences of Israel’s infidelity so dire that the people will “say to the mountains, ‘Cover us!’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’” (See also Luke 23:30.) But as always, Hosea’s message is a message of hope. He encourages the people: Sow for...
by Lynne Marie | Jul 7, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Hosea 8: 4-13 tells us that if we set up governments or churches—which are both intended to enhance the quality of life on earth—without listening to God’s purposes, they are in fact idols and will be destructive. God says his own people set up kings, but not with my...
by Lynne Marie | Jul 6, 2026 | Daily Reflections
This week we begin the prophet Hosea. In Hosea 2: 16-22, God reveals that his love for his people is spousal love: the love of the bridegroom for his bride. Above all, it is faithful love: when his spouse is untrue, God will not let her go: I am going to lure her and...
by Lynne Marie | Jul 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The Focus of Ministry is God Prince of Peace Zechariah 9: 9-10 holds up before us the vision of a world in which war and the instruments of war, which give such a sense of power to weak human beings, will be no more: God will “banish the chariot from Ephraim and the...
by Lynne Marie | Jul 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In Amos 9: 11-15, the prophet reveals the goal God has in mind in calling people to live by his word: “I mean to restore the fortunes of my people…. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them, plant vineyards and drink their wine, dig gardens and eat their...
