Week 2 • Redemptive Love & Restoration (Hosea 3)

Memory Verse: Psalm 119:24

In each reading assignment look for a . . .

Sin to Confess • Promise to Claim • Attitude to Change • Command to Obey • Example to Follow

Psalm 119:17-24 Personal Study Notes:

Psalm 119:25-32 Personal Study Notes:

Proverbs 2 Personal Study Notes:

Hosea 3 Personal Study Notes:

Hosea 4 Personal Study Notes:

Accountability Question

• Did everyone read all five assignments?

• What application points did you find?

Group Participation

• Where are we on our ministry project?

• Have someone take requests and lead prayer.

• Have someone tell the story or paraphrase.

• Have someone read the Bible passage.

• Have someone facilitate the Bible study using the weekly discussion questions.

Weekly Discussion Questions 

• Why does God tell Hosea to love and buy back his unfaithful wife, Gomer, who is now a slave?

• How does Hosea's act mirror God's enduring love for unfaithful Israel, and how does it foreshadow Christ's redemptive work?

• In v. 4-5 what does the prophecy of Israel living "many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillars" signify about their judgment, and what hope does their eventual return to God offer?

• In what ways are we spiritually unfaithful like Gomer, and how can we apply Hosea's costly love and God's call to return in our own relationships and faith?  

Prayer: Father thank you that though we are to often unfaithful you remain ever faithful.  May we live our lives with gratitude for and not presumption of such amazing grace.