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Lesson Summary:

God expresses His perfect, redeeming love for the people of Israel.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Love that Nurtures (Hosea 11:1-4)

Principle: God’s Perfect Love provides Complete Nurturing for His People.
Application: How has the Lord nurtured you in the past week, month? What’s the greatest expression of God’s nurturing love for you?
Scripture Reference

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
James 1:17 (NASB)

II. Love that Disciplines (Hosea 11:5-7)

Principle: God’s Perfect Love provides Transforming Discipline for His People.
Application: How has the Lord disciplined you in your life? How did it change you?
Scripture Reference

⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
⁶For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives.”
⁷It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Hebrews 12:5-7 (NASB)

III. Love that Redeems (Hosea 11:8-11)

Principle: God’s Perfect Love provides the full Redemption of His People.
Application: How have you thanked the Lord for His redeeming love for you?
Scripture Reference

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NASB)