Week
2
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or tuck it in your study book. This is your
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in the Bible study!
What We’re Reading This Week...Gomer (pp.
73-84 in study guide)
Gomer: Learning to Accept Unconditional Love. We will learn how the relationship between
Hosea and Gomer parallels our relationship with God.
Her Character: Though, a married woman, she carried on
numerous love affairs, crediting her lovers for the gifts her husband had given
her.
Key Scriptures: Hosea 1 – 3
Memory Verse
“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the
LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope
and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
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Let’s Chat:
Observe — Our theme this week is “God
never stops loving us. He never stops pursuing us. He never stops wanting a
relationship with us…This is good news.”
What thoughts come to mind when you read this statement?
Bible — This week’s verse
is Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) “For I know the plans I
have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Read
Jeremiah 29:11-13.
In your notebook
or journal, complete the following:
This week’s verse is Jeremiah 29:11. One of the
ways we can study a verse is by looking up cross-references of the verse. Click here to head to Biblehub.com and spend some time reading other
verses related to this verse! The verses that are cross-referenced are in the
right side-bar, below “context.” What are some verses you found?
In your journal or notebook, write down
the other verses you find.
Stretch —
Fill
in the blank: This week I will take my relationship with God beyond Sunday morning
by _______. #OBS #12Women!
Gomer’s
Life and Times
Gomer’s
husband Hosea appeared on the scene as the last of the prophets who spoke the
“Word of the Lord” (Hosea 1:1) to the doomed northern kingdom. Before long, the
Assyrians would conquer the capital of Samaria and take thousands of Israelites
captive. When the book of Hosea begins with “the Word of the Lord,” it asserts
Hosea’s authority as a prophet, that God has spoken to him and that he must
relay the message to the people.
The
Israelites in Palestine had the law God had given to Moses and the people at
Sinai. This consisted of the Ten Commandments as well as the other rules for
living in the books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy). However, those laws
didn’t cover many of life’s situations and decisions. God instituted the office
of the prophet for the many times when a specific revelation of God was needed
for the people to know what they should do next.
We don’t always know how prophets received their messages from God. At times, visions and dreams gave the message. Ezekiel and Daniel both record visions that contained a definite message from God. Other times, as in Hosea, the prophets simply declared that their words were from the Lord. The emphasis of God’s prophets was never on the method of receiving His Word – whether mysterious or obvious – but on the message itself and on the people’s need to follow. God made it very clear that if the people would only listen and obediently follow the words of the prophets, He would give them all they need to face an unknown future.
Our Life
and Times
Just
as God has provided for His people in the Promised Land, He has provided for
us. He may not miraculously real the path or supernaturally tell us His will,
as He did with the Israelites, He has revealed Himself and His plans for us through
the Bible, and His messengers today underscore and explain what Scripture tells
us. We can be assured that God will go with us, just as He went with the
Israelites, holding our hands as we face whatever our futures hold.
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Here’s to a GREAT, over-the-top-amazing second week of Bible study!!
#OBS #12Women!
Cheryl
This week I will take my relationship with God beyond Sunday morning by praying and communicating more with Him.
ReplyDeleteIt has come to my mind on several occasions, the question of why God does not supernaturally tell us His will as He did with the Israelites. Your passage assured me indeed He has revealed himself and His plans...it is all written in His book. If we want to know...we have to pray and read.
If we seek Him - He will be found...the only way we can do this is to spend time with Him. The more we read the more we are assured He is at work in our lives. He wants that close intimate relationship us - it's a daily walk!
ReplyDeleteGod is with us at all times, holding our hands and talking to us. I experienced this Monday night when He spoke to me about something I was considering. I saw pictures of the immediate consequences and future changes. That could only have been God.
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