Hosea 14:1-3
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Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
2
Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us
graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
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Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to
what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."
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Ps 119:9
9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
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1 Pet 2:2
2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
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Jer 15:16
16
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your
name, O LORD God Almighty.
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John 6:67-68
67
"You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve.
68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
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1.Hearing it preached regularly.
2.Reading the Bible Day by Day all the way through in a year.
3.Reading it as a family and discussing it.
4.Memorizing important verses and passages.
5.Reading GOOD bible based doctrinal and practical books by SOLID
authors.
6.Studying the scriptures yourself on important topics.
Ps 1:1-2
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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
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But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
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Meditating on Scripture.
*Begin with prayer for the Spirit's help.
Ps 119:18
18
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
*Focus on one verse or doctrine - something clear and applicable to your life. It
may be a scripture addressing backsliders.( Jeremiah 2; Psalm 25, 32, 51, 130;
Hosea 14.). Or take a topic like God's character, or Christ's person and work, or the
sinfulness of sin.
*Repeat the verse or doctrine to yourself several times, and think about it
carefully.
*Preach it to yourself.
*Turn it into Prayer and Praise.
*Make specific application.
Feed yourself with the Word. Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest it and incorporate
it into your life.
Hosea 14:2
2
Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us
graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
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Luke 11:11-13
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"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
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If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
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Hosea 14:2
2
Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us
graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
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Heb 13:15
15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-- the fruit of lips
that confess his name.
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Rom 12:1
1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship.
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Ps 13:1
1
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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Ps 28:1
1
To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like
those who have gone down to the pit.
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Hosea 5:15
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."
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Heb 12:5B-7
5
you,
….. "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes
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because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
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Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his
father?
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Exod 20:12
12
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is
giving you.
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Rom 13:1
1
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that
which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
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Heb 3:13
13
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be
hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
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Heb 10:24-25
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.
25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one
another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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"Sin is the dare of his justice, the rape of his mercy, the jeer of his patience, the slight of
his power, and the contempt of his love."
John Bunyan - His dying sayings.