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Romans chapter 9 verses 22-24 (NIV)  What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance…

Hosea chapter 13 verses 5-6 (NIV)  I cared for you in the wilderness,    in the land of burning heat.  When I fed them, they were satisfied;    when they were satisfied, they became proud;    then they forgot me. Hosea reminds us here that God looks after us in the wilderness. He cares for…

Romans chapter 8 verse 18 (NIV)   I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.  Some people like to make comparisons. Whether it’s about something as simple as what we wear, or whether it’s about our perceived talents or successes. There are some who even…

Hosea chapter 8 verse 12 (NIV)  I wrote for them the many things of my law,    but they regarded them as something foreign. Last weekend I was sent a video via Instagram of a speech made by Danny Kruger MP. The chamber of the House of Commons was almost empty with a single figure…

Hosea chapter 6 verse 3 (NIV)  Let us acknowledge the LORD;    let us press on to acknowledge him.   As surely as the sun rises,    he will appear;   he will come to us like the winter rains,    like the spring rains that water the earth.”  Hosea reminds us here that we…

Hosea chapter 3 verse 1 (NIV)  The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes. ” This must have been…

Hosea chapter 2 verses 19-20 (NIV)  I will betroth you to me forever;    I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,    in love and compassion.   I will betroth you in faithfulness,    and you will acknowledge the LORD. In the biblical sense to betroth literally means, “by my truth I bind myself…

Amos chapter 8 verses 4-6 (NIV)   Hear this, you who trample the needy    and do away with the poor of the land, saying,  “When will the New Moon be over    that we may sell grain,   and the Sabbath be ended    that we may market wheat?” —   skimping on the measure,…

Amos chapter 7 verses 14-15( NIV)  Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the LORD took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Amos was a…

Amos chapter 5 verse 14 (NIV)  Seek good, not evil,    that you may live.   Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. 1 John chapter 3 verse 18 (NlV) Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. The people…