Introduction: Hosea is a book containing Hosea’s prophecy about the spiritual adultery of Israel. It is unique in the unique way God has Hosea to practice what he preached. Just as God wanted to redeem His idolatrous people, despite their unfaithfulness to Him, God commands Hosea to redeem his adulterous wife, despite her unfaithfulness and harlotry.

Hosea 4:6 — Contrary to popular opinion, ignorance is not bliss, but oblivion, not only to ourselves, but also to our children.

Hosea 7:14 — Prayers without heart to Heaven never go.

Hosea 9:8 — Satan, the fowler, strews our paths with snares in hopes of a careless step on our part, which will result in him pulling the trip cord on some ensnaring temptation and us being snatched up off our feet and left hanging by our heels.

Hosea 14:4 — Although backsliding is self-inflicted, it can’t be self-remedied. Only God can heal it, so that we'll no longer be infuriating to Him, but once again loved freely by Him.

Hosea 14:5 —  Contrary to popular opinion, dew doesn’t fall, but just appears when the atmospheric conditions are right. Likewise, God’s presence appears when the spiritual conditions are right, producing swift growth, like the lily, and sturdy growth, like the cedars of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:7 — The flowering, flourishing and fragrant Christian life is lived in the shadow of the Almighty; that is, persistently in His presence and perpetually preempted by His glory. It is only lived by God’s intimates who are overjoyed when overshadowed by His glory.

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