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Hosea CBR Tweets

Hosea starts today with City Bible Reading! #HarborCBR Without this book, you cannot know the depths¦ https://t.co/mIvU6Pxhad

HOS1-God calls those who preach His judgment to suffer the judgment they preach. In marriage Hosea bears the sins he confronts. #HarborCBR

HOS1,2-Child 1 is Hosea's, 2 and 3 aren't. Betrayal and public humiliation: a window into how much God suffers from our unfaithfulness. #HarborCBR

HOS1,3-v10 In the face of Israel's adultery God's promise to Abraham-flourishing people who will bless the nations-will come true.#HarborCBR

HOS1,4-https://t.co/TDPOUqVm0U: A fantastic soundtrack that brings this book to life. Music version of the earlier painting. #HarborCBR

HOS2-Adoration/Creation: You created us to be faithfully devoted to You, in communion with the giver of every good gift! #HarborCBR

HOS2,2-Confession/Fall: We're not faithful, but pursue happiness w/o You. Then we get angry w/You because our lives aren't happy. #HarborCBR

HOS2,3-Thanksgiving/Redemption: TY Jesus for living in perfect communion w/God. You were forsaken(cross) so I'd have a way back. #HarborCBR

HOS2,4-Supplication/Renewal: Spirit, let me display Your forgiving love to others. Let my life show the power of devotion to You. #HarborCBR

HOS3-The only thing more incredible than Hosea's love is the love of God that it pictures. #HarborCBR

HOS3,2-Have you been disappointed? Wounded? Betrayed? Cheated on? Neglected? God says, "I know exactly how you feel." #HarborCBR

HOS3,3-After she is unfaithful, Hosea pays the price to buy his wife out of slavery. That's what Jesus did for us on the cross! #HarborCBR

HOS4-God brings judgment on unfaithful Israel. Who does he blame? The spiritual leaders! They don't teach the people about God. #HarborCBR

HOS5-What you do can keep you from returning to God? v4-What we do affects what we want, and can make us not want to return to God. #HarborCBR

HOS6-In the midst of threatened judgment God offers a chance to be restored and forgiven. He'll heal, but He demands faithfulness. #HarborCBR

HOS6,2-v7 is a cryptic window into God's relationship with Adam before the fall. It was a covenant. #HarborCBR

HOS7-ADORATION: You pursue us as our Heavenly Father. You expose our evil to heal us. You call us back, giving 2nd chances. #HarborCBR

HOS7.2-CONFESSION: We want your fatherly gifts, but not You. We we want other things more, so we rebel and run away from You. #HarborCBR

HOS7,3-THANKSGIVING: Thank You, Jesus for being God's perfect Son. TY for offering Yourself, forsaken by God, so we'd be adopted. #HarborCBR

HOS7,4-SUPPLICATION: Spirit, strengthen us to live as grateful children of God. Help us to want You more than all else. #HarborCBR

HOS8-God wants leaders who display Him. We have bad leaders because we've rebelled against God's ways. Jesus' leadership rescues! #HarborCBR

HOS9-God punishes those who destroy themselves and others by sinning. Ignoring God promises freedom, but peace eludes. #HarborCBR

HOS10-God's judgment comes at the end of 100s OF YEARS of rebellion and societal evil. God's judgment is more patient than ours. #HarborCBR

HOS11-v1,8-9 Even when judgment is deserved, God can't do it! Most don't know that God's judgment is executed through tears. #HarborCBR

HOS11,2-God's anger is aimed at restoring the relationship. Ours rarely is. Jesus took God's anger so we'd be restored. #HarborCBR

HOS11,3-v1 w/Mt 2:15: Jesus fulfilled Israel's exodus, but He leads people out of slavery to sin. #HarborCBR

HOS12-God confronts His (oblivious) people's sin thru prophets. Jesus is our greater prophet, who dies for the sins He confronts. #HarborCBR

HOS12,2-v4 Jacob wrestled w/God weeping and seeking His favor. Jesus is our greater Jacob, whose tears were heard from the grave. #HarborCBR

HOS13-#JesusOnEveryPage: He saves by suffering. In resurrection He doesn't evaporate. He sends a Helper. He leads a new Exodus. #HarborCBR

HOS13,2-v3 Life w/o Jesus will not last. Won't satisfy today, will burn up tomorrow. But Jesus' resurrected life lasts forever. #HarborCBR

HOS14-Hosea ends w/1 message echoing in our ears: Judgment is coming, but NOT for those who return to God. They will flourish. #HarborCBR

HOS13,3-v14 INCREDIBLE REVERSAL! Here God wants death to sting His people.1Cor15:59 says that thru Jesus death has no more sting! #HarborCBR

Daniel CBR Tweets

DAN-Two themes in this book: 1) God reigns over all nations. 2) The incredible power of a life lived for God. #HarborCBR

DAN1-God is w/us in our suffering! Israel was exiled in Babylon, kicked out of the Promised Land by God. But God went with them! #HarborCBR

DAN1,2-v3-7 Inculturation of the Jewish upstarts: delicacies, education, even renaming to reflect pagan gods. How to respond? #HarborCBR

DAN1,3-Daniel & friends accepted what they couldn’t change, pushed for what they could, excelled in all, but didn’t compromise. #HarborCBR

DAN1,4-What do I feed on from the culture that hurts my relationship with God? See how God blesses those who don't compromise?! #HarborCBR

DAN1,5-8-9 are a summary. V10-16 tell the story in detail. This repetition is common in OT literature. #HarborCBR

DAN1,6-v2 These vessels from God's house (the temple) will show up with great significance later in the story (see chapter 5). #HarborCBR

DAN2-Lasting influence comes when we know the God who governs history. Seek Him in trials, give Him credit after them! #HarborCBR

DAN2,2-God predicts history: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, & Rome. Then God will bring His kingdom that will fill the earth. #HarborCBR

DAN2,3-Daniel saves the people because he knows God & speaks what he has learned from Him. We should share what we have learned. #HarborCBR

DAN2,4-God blesses Daniel's faithfulness so much that the ruler of the known world (think Xi Jinping of China) honors his God. #HarborCBR

DAN3-Jesus is with us in the worst of our suffering! His past suffering assures us of His presence in our present suffering. #HarborCBR

DAN3,2-Neb's honor of God is short-lived. His dream turns to feed his own arrogance: gold head to gold statue. 90' high, 9' wide. #HarborCBR

DAN3,3-STRETCH to have the confident & resolved faith of v16-18! He can save us! But even if He doesn't, we'll still honor Him! #HarborCBR

DAN3,4-I struggle to avoid the anger & opposition of people who don't trust God or the Bible! I shouldn't be surprised or afraid. #HarborCBR

DAN3,5-Defiant mirth characterizes the faith that gives confidence in all circumstances. Jesus has delivered us, what can men do? #HarborCBR

DAN4-God rules over ALL. BUT so that we still choose good or bad & experience consequences. AND so that His people are blessed. #HarborCBR

DAN4,2-God humbles arrogant Neb, humiliates him actually. Then Neb is bragging about God! Painful discipline leads to delight. #HarborCBR

DAN4,3-v3&34 Fads, people, even nations come and go, but God's kingdom lasts forever. His ways last thru the decline of all else. #HarborCBR

DAN4,4-v9 Daniel was chief Magi. This is why the magi were following his writings 600yrs later looking for the birth of Jesus. #HarborCBR

DAN4,5-v27 Daniel was FOR the king. He longed for his repentance & prosperity.The church misses this when it's not City Positive. #HarborCBR

DAN4,6-v1 God asks SO THAT all the nations would know Him. He chose some people so that they would show ALL people who He is. #HarborCBR

DAN4,7-v30 I! MY! MY! It's all about Neb! Arrogance destroys us and others. It steals credit from God & makes others our slaves. #HarborCBR

DAN5-Frustrated w/authority in your life? Parents? Boss? Government? God brings all injustice to account. His people shine thru. #HarborCBR

DAN5,2-v20-3 Bel knew Neb's arrogance & humbling. But Bel still humiliated God by using God's holy things(see 1:2) for sacrilege. #HarborCBR

DAN5,3-v5 is the source of the proverbial "Handwriting on the wall." It's the finger of God (see Ex8:19; 31:18) in judgment. #HarborCBR

DAN5,4-This party was thrown in arrogant defiance. The Medes' army had surrounded the city. God's judgment can come thru people. #HarborCBR

DAN5,5-This marks the end of Babylon. God, Daniel, & His people endure through the ups and downs of all earthly kingdoms. #HarborCBR

DAN6-God rescues us in trouble! As his 3 friends in Ch3, Daniel is now persecuted & executed for his faith in God. But God saves! #HarborCBR

DAN6,2-Don't be surprised when you're mistreated for being Christian (1Pet 4:12-16). Show that God is worth more than anything! #HarborCBR

DAN7-Begins the book's 2nd half: Visions of the future. If the world seems out of control, know God is always working thru it. #HarborCBR

DAN7,2-4 beasts = 4 kingdoms of Neb's statute in ch2. Son of Man = the stone that will grow a kingdom to fill the earth (Jesus!). #HarborCBR

DAN7,3-v9-14 is the OT version of Revelation 4-5. It foresees Jesus' ascension & enthronement after His resurrection. #HarborCBR

DAN7,4-v28 Daniel's reaction = Belshazzar's in 5:9. Daniel is broken over the judgment of even his oppressors because God is too. #HarborCBR-The ram = Medo-Persion empire. The goat = Alexander the Great. The little horn = Antiochus Epiphanes. God rules thru it all. #HarborCBR

DAN8,2-These details get confusing. You need a study bible. Here's a free one I use consistentl: https://t.co/wlWwsQhq6b #HarborCBR

DAN9-Who is "greatly loved by God"(v23)? He who identifies with the sins of the people-even those he didn't commit. Like Jesus. #HarborCBR

DAN9,2-v18-19 Dan's prayer is motivated by a desire to see God honored. It's not for his own glory or pleasure. #HarborCBR

DAN9,3-v2 Daniel was studying the Bible! Reading Jeremiah and worshiping God gave him insight into the future. @HarborCBR

DAN9,4-Jeremiah's 70 years of exile becomes 70x7 years. That's when God will send the Messiah and His final kingdom. #HarborCBR

DAN10-Behind our earthly battles there are heavenly battles between angels and demons. Don't give up striving to see God honored. #HarborCBR

DAN10,2-Daniel is undone & overwhelmed. What lifts his spirit? Knowing that he is "a man greatly loved" by God(v11,19)! #HarborCBR

DAN11-Over all the details, Daniel is strengthening the king. He is City-Positive, as we should be in ourwork places. #HarborCBR

DAN12-As upheavals happen in the world thru history, those who walk w/God & help others know Him are stars who'll shine forever. #HarborCBR