Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Hosea 14:1-9

1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
‍2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all guilt;
accept that which is good,
and we will offer
the fruit of our lips.
‍3 Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”
‍4 I will heal their disloyalty;
I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
‍5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
‍6 His shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be like the olive tree
and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
‍7 They shall again live beneath my shadow;
they shall flourish as a garden;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
‍8 O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like an evergreen cypress;
your fruit comes from me.
‍9 Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.

06/09/2026

Hosea 8:11-14; 10:1-2

8:11 When Ephraim multiplied altars to expiate sin,
they became to him altars for sinning.
‍12 Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions,
they are regarded as a strange thing.
‍13 Though they offer choice sacrifices,
though they eat flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.
‍14 Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour his strongholds.

‍10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
‍2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.

06/09/2026

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6:35