The Only Savior Who Can Rescue You | Hosea 13:14-16
The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily. We are 8 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues?...
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When Success Makes You Forget God | Hosea 13
The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller
The greatest danger in your life may not be failure—it may be success that slowly causes you to forget God. Summary Hosea 13 exposes the hidden root behind Israel’s spiritual collapse: they prospered, became self-sufficient, and gradually forgot God. What appeared to be problems like idolatry, rebellion, and national decline were only symptoms of a deeper issue—spiritual amnesia. The chapter warns that success, comfort, and abundance can quietly disciple people away from dependence on God if they are not careful. Yet in the middle of judgment comes a stunning promise of redemption,...
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Stop Wasting Your Pain | Hosea 13:12-13
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Welcome to The Daily. We are 9 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is kept in store. The pangs of childbirth come for him,...
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Politics Cannot Save Your Soul | Hosea 13:9-11
The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller
Welcome to The Daily. We are 10 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is Hosea 13:9-11 He destroys you, O Israel, for you are against me, against your helper. Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all...
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When You Resist God Long Enough | Hosea 13:7-8
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Welcome to The Daily. We are 11 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is So I am to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk beside the way. I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;...
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How Success Makes You Forget God | Hosea 13:4-6
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Welcome to The Daily. We are 12 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there...
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False Gods Never Last | Hosea 13:2-3
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Welcome to The Daily. We are 13 days away from beginning our next book of the Bible. We are moving to the New Testament, 1 Peter. We are going to discover how to live holy in a hostile world. Go ahead and pick up your now. And if you are a donor giving $35 or more per month, this has already been shipped to you. So become a donor and partner with us in . Our text today is And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all...
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Standing Firm in a Hostile World | 1 Peter Study
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What do you do when following Jesus starts costing you something? In this new verse-by-verse study through 1 Peter, Vince Miller walks you through one of the most timely books in the New Testament. Peter wrote to believers facing pressure, opposition, suffering, and hostility because of their faith in Jesus Christ. His message was simple: stand firm. In this study, you’ll learn how to: Stand firm by remembering who you are Stand firm by living differently Stand firm by doing good when opposed Stand firm when suffering for Christ Stand firm until the end Every day, you’ll receive a Daily...
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The Danger of Persistent Defiance | Hosea 12:14
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Welcome to The Daily. Partner with us in . Grab your Our text today is Ephraim has given bitter provocation; so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. — Persistent defiance is dangerous with the Lord. Persistent defiance hears the truth repeatedly and keeps resisting it anyway. That is where Israel had arrived. God had warned them. Pursued them. Corrected them. Sent prophets to them. Called them to return. Yet they kept hardening themselves against Him....
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Remember Before You Ruin Your Life | Hosea 12
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Most people don’t ruin their lives because they lack truth—they ruin them because they ignore what God already taught them. Summary Hosea 12 is a direct and corrective chapter calling God’s people to remember, return, and respond before destruction deepens. By pointing back to Jacob, God reminds Israel that transformation comes through wrestling honestly with him—not through manipulation, resistance, or self-reliance. The chapter exposes how people repeatedly hear the truth yet slowly stop responding to it, eventually suffering the consequences of persistent disobedience. Hosea 12...
info_outlineThe greatest danger in your life may not be failure—it may be success that slowly causes you to forget God.
Summary
Hosea 13 exposes the hidden root behind Israel’s spiritual collapse: they prospered, became self-sufficient, and gradually forgot God. What appeared to be problems like idolatry, rebellion, and national decline were only symptoms of a deeper issue—spiritual amnesia. The chapter warns that success, comfort, and abundance can quietly disciple people away from dependence on God if they are not careful. Yet in the middle of judgment comes a stunning promise of redemption, pointing forward to Jesus Christ, who would ransom and redeem those who have wandered far from God.
Reflection & Small Group Discussion Questions
1. Why can success sometimes be more spiritually dangerous than failure?
2. What does Hosea 13:6 teach about the progression from blessing to forgetting God?
3. How can comfort and convenience slowly weaken dependence on God?
4. What are some modern examples of becoming "full, fat, and forgetful"?
5. Why is spiritual amnesia the root problem behind so many other sins?
6. How does forgetting God relationally differ from simply doubting his existence?
7. What symptoms in your life might reveal a deeper spiritual issue beneath the surface?
8. How can churches become self-sufficient instead of God-dependent?
9. What do the words ransom and redeem teach us about the work of Jesus (Hosea 13:14)?
10. What practical step can you take this week to remember God and deepen your dependence on him?