Listen to Pastor Nick read the “Firestarter” and Hosea 11:1-9.

Pouring out one’s deepest feelings to a loved one who will receive and accept them—truly this is one of life’s richest blessings. This happens in today’s reading. In the previous ten chapters of Hosea, you have heard the heart of God poured out in anguish at the infidelity of God’s spouse, the Chosen People. Now waves of tenderness well up from God’s heart. Be sure to enter the power of the tenderness of the example of a father teaching his son to walk.

Verse 7 deserves special attention—the difference between calling on the Lord and failing to exalt God in praise. Above all, receive the Lord in your heart through praise for who God is and not only for what God does.

Hosea 11

What are “Bible Breaths”? Learn More…
Example: You lead with cords of kindness. v. 4

Mondays are dedicated to the reading of the Hebrew Prophets.
In this season we read Hosea; in the 9th week, we read Lamentations 3.

For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook.  You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information.

Listen to Pastor Nick read the “Firestarter” and the Gospel.

Jesus offers the Bread of Life. In place of joyous acceptance, argument and complaint ensue, just as the ancient Israelites murmured about the Manna. A physical interpretation of Jesus’s teaching binds the religious leaders encircling Jesus. Only those in the Spirit see into the sacramental power.

When we eat ordinary bread, the bread becomes part of the person who eats it. In the Eucharist, it is the reverse; the person becomes the Bread.

Adam and Eve ate the “bread” of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and they died. Jesus says about the Bread from the Tree of Life: “The one who eats this bread will live forever!” The Calvary Tree has given the fruit of everlasting life. Eat of it often and live!

John 6:35, 41–51

“Bible Breaths”? Learn More…
Example: With each breath I’m drawn to You.  v. 44

Sundays are dedicated to the Gospels from the Revised Common Lectionary.
In year B, we read from the Gospel of Mark

For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook.  You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information.