Posts with the category “the-potter-s-patient-preparation-amos-4”

"Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel! For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind... the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!"— Amos 4:12-13 (ESV)"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."— Ephesians ...  Read More

"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."— Romans 5:8 (ESV)"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures."— 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (ESV) Reflect: Amos 4 shows us that we, like I...  Read More

"I gave you empty stomachs in every city, and lack of bread in every town; yet you did not return to me, declares the LORD. I also withheld the rain from you... yet you did not return to me, declares the LORD. I struck you with blight and mildew... yet you did not return to me, declares the LORD. I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt... yet you did not return to me, declares the ...  Read More

"Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!" declares the Lord GOD.— Amos 4:4-5 (ESV) Reflect: Israel never stopped attending worship — they simply stoppe...  Read More

"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!' The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. And you shall go out through the breaches, every one straight ahead;...  Read More