The prophet Hosea is a man on a mission. Called by God to marry a “promiscuous woman”, he lives every day in a relationship that can only be sustained by God’s great love. It is God’s love for Hosea that gives him the strength to love Gomer. It is love that holds both Hosea and Gomer accountable to God’s plan for marriage and family. It is God’s love that comforts Hosea’s aching heart. It is God’s love which calls Gomer to repentance. Hosea learns to love in a situation that we find hard to imagine. But this love is a glimpse of God’s love for all mankind. Hosea prophesied in a time when the culture served foreign gods, mocked marriage and faithfulness, gave themselves over to swearing, murder, lying, and theft. In this culture, the Lord called for Hosea to speak of God’s love for man. In Hosea 13:4, God calls for His people to remember. “But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.” God has faithfully loved His people through history. God freed His people from bondage in Egypt, and His love continues to flow. He is the only savior. His love still calls us to a relationship with Him.
| Date | Reading |
| June 8 | Hosea 6-7 |
| June 9 | Hosea 8 |
| June 10 | Hosea 9 |
| June 11 | Hosea 10 |
| June 12 | Hosea 11:1-11 |
| June 13 | Hosea 11:2-13:16 |
| June 14 | Hosea 14 |
| June 15 | Amos 1:1-2:5 |