Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Monday, July 27, 2020

QT 27 Jul 2020, Hos 5:1, Judgment is coming


Hosea 5:1 (ESV) —
1 Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread upon Tabor.

NOTE: God called out judgment on the entire nation of Israel, from one end to the other. All groups: the priests, the people, and the King were guilty. They were to be judged. The king's job is to execute justice. The priests job is to teach and discern truth. The people's job is to seek God and obey his commands. Everyone failed. And so judgment was decreed and later executed.

My world and more specifically my nation have also failed. The evil is great. The sin is great. The disregard of law is rampant. Sexual sin, the destruction of the family and marriage weighs heavy on us. We have chosen teachers from universities who have filled our minds with useless garbage. The teachers in our churches have mixed God's word with the worldview of the culture. The body fails to live differently. Judgment is coming for my nation.

PRAYER: Lord, open our eyes to our sin and need for you. I pray that as believers we would live differently and that we would speak up for the gospel. Let us not be ashamed. Come Lord Jesus, come.

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