Hosea 4:1-3

When we trust in our own worth and accomplishments to save us we are doomed. Our priorities become skewed when we trust in the world and we forget God’s way of accomplishing His works on earth…through the hands of those who profess Him as Father. He is Father to the fatherless and He alone provides salvation and mercy to all who place their trust in Him. He is worthy to be praised!!

The final section of Hosea’s prophecy begins with a call to repentance that includes a model prayer. The people of Israel were to pray for God’s gracious forgiveness and renew their allegiance to Him by renouncing foreign alliances, their own military strength, and artificial gods.

Hosea 4:1-3

O Israel, return to the Lord your God,

 For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;

2 Take words with you,

 And return to the Lord.

 Say to Him,

 “Take away all iniquity;

 Receive us graciously,

 For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.

3 Assyria shall not save us,

 We will not ride on horses,

 Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’

 For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”