Sometimes God’s Love Hurts 1. God withdraws blessings when we need to be awakened 2. God urges us to repent 3. He instructs us so regarding his true will (Hosea 5:15-6:6)
Pastor Keith Petersen, June 7, 2026Part of the Pentecost series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
3rd Sunday after Pentecost (video and mailed - 6/7/26 - not used in church)
Hosea 5:15-6:6 -
5:15)Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me."
6:1) Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2) After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
3) Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."
4) "What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5) Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.
6) For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
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Hosea 5:15-6:6
(KJV)