Living for God’s Glory, Day 4 Adding more religion doesn’t mean adding more glory to God. Read Hosea chapter 4. As God continued to share his message with the people, we see that the people were in fact doing religious type things. They were making up their own religiousness, but more and more people were being considered religious. However, just adding more religious things does not mean God gets the glory. As we see here, the people were trading God’s glory for their religious practices. Yes, they were doing more religious things, but they were further than ever from the glory of God because of what they were doing. We…

Living for God’s Glory, Day 3 Return to the Lord. Read Hosea chapter 3. As we read through this chapter, we see Hosea going after his wife. He is willing to seek her out and find her and bring her back and love her again. This is the example that God uses to explain how his love for us works. Even though we are sinful and we do terrible things, God seeks us out and finds us and brings us back and loves us. Are we allowing ourselves to be found by God? Are we returning to him and loving him?

Living for God’s Glory, Day 2 God’s unfailing love. Read Hosea chapter 2. God continues to use Hosea and his family situation as a way to demonstrate and explain the relationship that Israel has with God right now. Even though Israel was running around and being adulterous with other gods, God explains that he did what he needed to do in order to make sure that she comes back to him. Israel was sinful, just like Hosea’s wife, but God restored her. God explain just how much he loves Israel and as a result, he did what he needed to in order to be able to show her that love.…

Living for God’s Glory, Day 1 When God says no. Read Hosea chapter 1. The life of Hosea has always been a reminder that God is about His glory, not our comfort. Reading his story is always a fresh reminder that our focus must be solely on God and His purpose and glory, not on our comfort. Reading this first chapter, we see how God used Hosea’s life, marriage, and kids as a way to try and get the attention of those who have forsaken God. God uses these as examples to help the people return their focus to him. What does God use in our lives to help keep…