New Mercies

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 78, a historical psalm that calls God’s people to remember and tell. It looks back over Israel’s past so the next generation will not forget the works of the Lord, but will set their hope in Him. The past is not just history—it is a warning, a witness, and a safeguard for the future. Psalm 78 reminds us to tell what God...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us to Hosea 14, the final chapter of this powerful prophecy. Hosea began with an unfaithful bride, but it ends with a faithful God calling His people to return. Israel’s idols had betrayed them, their alliances had failed them, their strength had collapsed, and still the Lord speaks with mercy: come back, bring words of confession...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 13, where every false refuge is left in ruins. Baal cannot save, wealth cannot save, kings cannot save, armies cannot save, and idols cannot save. Israel stands guilty because her sin has not only offended God—it has destroyed her from the inside out. Hosea 13 reminds us that prosperity can produce pride, pride can prod...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 12, where God refuses to let Israel hide behind their sacred heritage. They could speak of Jacob, Moses, Bethel, the prophets, and the Exodus—but inherited history was no substitute for present holiness. Israel carried Jacob’s name, but they had forgotten Jacob’s God. Hosea 12 reminds us that we cannot live off yesterda...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 11, where we see the heart of a brokenhearted Father. Israel was determined to leave God, but God was unwilling to surrender Israel. He remembers loving His son, calling him out of Egypt, teaching him to walk, feeding him, carrying him, and drawing him with cords of kindness—yet Israel kept running from the hands that h...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 10, where Israel uses God’s prosperity to finance their idolatry. God planted the vine, watered it, and blessed it—but instead of giving the harvest back to Him, Israel used His gifts to build altars for false gods. Prosperity that does not become worship eventually becomes an idol. Hosea 10 reminds us that false gods a...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 9, where judgment has arrived while Israel is still celebrating. They are rejoicing at their festivals, but Hosea interrupts the celebration with a funeral announcement. They are enjoying the gifts of God while giving credit to false gods, and the Lord declares that the land He gave them will no longer be theirs to enjo...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 8, where Israel’s broken covenant brings the warning that punishment is coming. They still used spiritual language and cried, “My God, we know you,” but their profession was loud while their obedience was absent. They had rejected God’s law, replaced His authority, and redesigned religion to suit their own desires. Hose...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 7, where God exposes Israel’s true condition beneath their hollow repentance. Their greatest threat was not Assyria outside the walls, but unrepentant sin inside their hearts. The corruption began at the top, with leaders marked by violence, drunkenness, conspiracy, and murder—and no one was seeking the Lord. Hosea 7 re...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 6, where the first three verses open with a call to return to the Lord. Israel acknowledges that the same God who tore them can heal them, and the same God who struck them can bind them up. There is a glimpse of resurrection hope here, because God alone can bring life where sin has brought ruin. But Hosea 6 also warns u...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 4 and 5, where the tragedy moves from Hosea’s home to Hosea’s homeland. God speaks, and His people reject Him. There is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land—only lying, stealing, murder, adultery, and spiritual rebellion. The people are destroyed not because knowledge was unavailable, but bec...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Romans 9, where Paul carries a deep burden for Israel and points us back to Hosea. After showing that all mankind is guilty, that God saves, secures, and sanctifies by His grace, Paul turns his attention to the people of Israel and reminds us that God’s promises have not failed. His mercy is His to give, and the Creator has a...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 3, one of the most tender pictures of redeeming love in all of Scripture. God tells Hosea not merely to retrieve Gomer, but to love her again. She had run so far that sin had enslaved her, yet Hosea goes after her, pays the price, and brings her back. Hosea 3 reminds us that God does not simply rescue His people—He love...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Jeremiah 3, where God calls His people to return from their spiritual adultery. Judah had watched Israel fall, had heard the warnings, and had even seen outward reforms under Josiah—but the idols removed from the land had not been removed from their hearts. They spoke lovingly of God while living defiantly before Him. Jeremia...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Hosea 2, where God exposes the heartbreak of Israel’s spiritual adultery. His people had chased after false lovers, believing they could provide what only the Lord could give. But every idol eventually leaves the soul empty, bruised, wasted, and forgetful of the God who has been faithful all along. Yet Hosea 2 does not end wi...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Exodus 34, where Moses returns to the mountain after Israel’s rebellion with the golden calf. The first tablets were shattered because of sin, but the second tablets testify to God’s covenant faithfulness. Israel had broken the covenant, but God’s mercy was stronger than their rebellion. Exodus 34 reveals the heart of God: me...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading begins a new journey in Hosea 1, where God gives His people a living picture of His wounded love. Hosea is called to marry Gomer, and their broken marriage becomes a prophetic sign of Israel’s spiritual adultery. God’s people had chased after other gods, broken covenant, and wandered from the One who loved them. Yet even in a chapter ful...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Revelation 22, where the story of Scripture reaches its glorious finish. The river of life flows from the throne, the tree of life stands restored, the curse is gone, and God’s people finally see His face. What was lost in Eden is restored in Christ, and the greatest reward is not merely the city, the river, or the streets of...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 2 Peter 3, where Peter reminds us that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise. What looks like delay to us is mercy from God. He is not late, confused, or trying to figure out what comes next; He is patient, holding open the door of repentance. 2 Peter 3 reminds us that every sunrise, every sermon, every open Bible...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Romans 2, where Paul brings the judgment of God from the cosmic level down to the personal level. He warns against the danger of hypocrisy—the kind of pretend religion that judges others while forgetting the holiness of God. The hypocrite remembers God’s kindness, forbearance, and patience, but forgets that those mercies are...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses written from the wilderness, where life feels short, serious, and deeply dependent on God. Moses reminds us that the Lord is eternal, that man is temporary, and that our days must be numbered if we are going to live with wisdom. Psalm 90 calls us to see both the mercy and the majesty of God. Life i...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 33, a psalm that calls the righteous to praise the Lord and stand in awe of His Word. God speaks, and creation obeys. His Word is faithful, true, morally powerful, creatively powerful, and completely unmatched. The same God who made everything by His Word still rules over everything by His wisdom. Psalm 33 reminds us th...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to 2 Peter 3, where Peter reminds the church that Jesus is coming back and that His delay is not absence—it is mercy. Scoffers may mock, false teachers may twist the truth, and the world may continue as if nothing will ever change, but Peter calls believers to remember the Word, trust the promise, and live holy lives while we wa...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Jeremiah 23, where God confronts wicked shepherds and false prophets who have scattered His people and spoken lies in His name. Yet in the middle of that warning, God promises a righteous Branch from David’s line—the true King who will reign wisely, execute justice, and be called “The Lord is our righteousness.” Jeremiah 23 r...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 2 Peter 2, where Peter warns the church that false teachers do not usually arrive loudly denying everything at once. They come in secretly, twisting the Word, reshaping truth, and offering teachings that sound spiritual but are destructive. Their words may be polished, popular, and persuasive, but if they deny the suffi...