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My Aunt Kay Jean suggested I start sharing a verse of the day.  I liked her suggestion but decided instead of a verse of the day, I would share a verse of the week.  Be reminded of who God is from His Word. Amos has some difficult words to read as the nation of Israel faces exile and punishment for their sins.  However, as God does throughout Scripture, He redeems, restores, and reconciles.  Listen to these words from the end of Amos:  “In that day I will raise up      the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches,      and raise up its ruins      and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12  that they may possess the remnant of Edom      and all the nations who are called by my name,”      declares the Lord who does this. 13  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord ,      “when the plowman shall overtake the r...

Here is another post on the promises of God from Amos compiled by Kenneth Boa: “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.   The lion has roared—who will not fear?   The Sovereign Lord has spoken—who can but prophesy?” (3:7-8). “He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth—the Lord God Almighty is his name” (4:13). “He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is his name” (5:8). “I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies.   Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.   Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.   Away with the noise of your ...