The Power of Hope and Love

"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel?… My heart churns within Me." — Hosea 11:8

Everybody has an opinion about the God of the Old Testament — the angry one who floods, burns, and sends armies until Jesus finally calms Him down. But read the prophets the way you'd read a marriage and a different face comes through: a husband who has been betrayed for four hundred years and will not stop pursuing his wife. And she is sure, the whole time, that she's the one who's been wronged.

In Part 5 of Restored, Pastor Mark draws from Hosea 6, Luke 19, and Revelation 3 to show what God has been through, and why the deceived never know they're deceived. You'll see why a beautiful apology isn't the same as repentance, how the Valley of Achor — the valley of trouble — became a door of hope, and how to keep your love on, use a boundary properly, and keep the door open for someone who can't yet see.