Gomer - Her Legacy Of Prayer

Gomer - Her Legacy Of Prayer

“In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.’ ”

— Hosea 2:16

REFLECT ON:	Hosea 1 – 3.
PRAISE GOD:	For his mercy.
OFFER THANKS:	That God loved you before you ever thought of loving him.
CONFESS:	Any tendency to love money, pleasure, children, husband, or career more than you love him.
ASK GOD:	To increase your hunger to know him more intimately.

Lift Your Heart

Sometimes couples grow apart not because either have been unfaithful, but because of sheer busyness. If your relationship with God is bogging down in life’s details, why not plan an intimate evening or weekend with him? Let it be a time of quieting your soul in his presence, of hushing life’s everyday demands. Spend the day walking a solitary beach, or hidden away at a retreat center or a friend’s cottage or cabin. Take your Bible and a book of poetry by Christina Rossetti, or Mark Buchanan’s The Rest of God, or C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, or Kathleen Norris’s The Cloister Walk.

If you’re artistic, bring paint and art paper and commune with God through the pictures you create. Let it be a time of praising him, of telling him how much you love him, of thanking him for all the ways he has loved you. Don’t try to have a great spiritual experience, just relax and let God know you want to be with him.

Lord, how can I begin to understand how faithfully you’ve loved me? Draw me into your presence and hold me close. Quiet my noisy heart and speak to me.