Repentance cleans our mind and soul.  It puts us back on the same page as our holy God. It recalibrates our spirit with the Holy Spirit. Hosea called Israel back to repentance.  Let’s heed his call and return to the Lord.  Pray this prayer of repentance with me and then read Hosea 14:1-8.

Prayer

Father, I am returning to you.  I am sick of sin.  I know You’re eager to forgive.  Forgive me for trusting in my alliances.  Forgive me for my idols.  I renounce it all.  You are my keeper, keep my feet from wandering into sin.  Father, please remove Your discipline and replace it with Your blessing.  I desire to grow into maturity.  I long for a root system that is anchored in Your word.  Grow me as a leader.  I want to provide shade and care for my followers.  Fill my life with abundant godly fruit that is growing in my life, and allow this fruit to nourish others in Jesus name, Amen.

Hosea 14:1-8

Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 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. Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion. “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots; his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. People will dwell again in his shade; they will flourish like the grain, they will blossom like the vine—Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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