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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 74
June 04, 2023
Week 74 Day 1: Praise the Lord ⇧ ⇩
Question
Why did the prophet praise in the Lord’s name?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
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They shout for joy to acclaim the Lord’s majesty. From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.”
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The Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders-with great glory.
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The prophet praise in the name of the Lord for His righteousness, grace, and salvation.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The prophet praised in the name of the Lord because people await Him and He will rescue them. The people will shout for joy. Do I often shout for joy in God’s salvation?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 74 Day 2: Gather the Remnant ⇧ ⇩
Question
How does God gather the remnant of Israel?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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They will sing in the land of Judah: “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.”
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People will enter their rooms and shut the doors behind them; hide themselves for a little while until His wrath has passed by.
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The Lord will watch over the vineyard, water it continually, guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
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In that day, the Lord will gather up Israel, one by one.
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In that day, the trumpet will sound. Those who were in exile will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The Lord will establish peace for us, so we must lean on His name. Where does my peace come from? If I have fear, where does that come from?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 74 Day 3: Judah king Hezekiah ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was the temple in Hezekiah’s eyes?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Hezekiah reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.
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Hezekiah brought in the priests and the Levites, asked them to consecrate themselves and the temple of the Lord to remove all defilement from the sanctuary.
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Early the next morning King Hezekiah sacrificed offerings for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped. They sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
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Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. The whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
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There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.
Meditation: My Story
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Community - Hezekiah called on the priests and Levites not to be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen them to stand before Him and serve Him. How am I encouraging my fellow Christians to serve the Lord today?
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Integrity - Hezekiah sent word to Israel to invite them to turn back to God and worship the Lord in the temple. How should I help those who are weak in faith and those who have sinned to turn back to the Lord?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 74 Day 4: The Promiscuous Gomer ⇧ ⇩
Question
Why did Hosea marry a promiscuous woman named Gomer?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Hosea married a promiscuous woman named Gomer, and she conceived and bore him a son called Jezreel.
- Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter named Lo-Ruhamah, for the Lord will no longer show love to Israel, that He should at all forgive them.
- Gomer had another son named Lo-Ammi, for Israelites are not God’s people, and He is not their God.
- Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, they will be called children of the living God.
- Israelites are punished for their worship of adultery.
- After the punishment, God would allure, comfort, and betroth her to Himself forever.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - God would betroth Israel to Himself forever, in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. She would acknowledge the Lord. His righteousness, justice, love, and compassion form the foundation of our knowledge in the Lord. Do I know Him?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 74 Day 5: The Promiscuous People ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did Israel commit sin?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Hosea showed his love to his wife again.
- Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God.
- There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. Therefore, the land dries up and all who live in it waste away.
- People are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
- Prostitution, old wine and new wine take away their understanding. They are led astray and unfaithful to their God.
- Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty.
- Judgment will come to Israel.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. However, the Lord would pasture them like lambs in a meadow. The Lord is our shepherd, only He can give us our true identity and true relationship with Him. Am I in the meadow like His lambs?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 74 Day 6: Tribe of Ephraim ⇧ ⇩
Question
What happened to the Ephraim?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. For God will be like a lion to tear Ephraim to pieces and go away.
- Then God will return to His lair until they have borne their guilt and seek His face.
- Urge Israelites to return to the Lord so that they may live in His presence.
- The Lord said Ephraim’s love is like the morning mist.
- The sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed.
- Ephraim mixes with the nations and Israel’s arrogance testifies against him.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The Lord awakes me and lifts me up. We must endeavor to know the Lord. How may I know Him deeper?