https://odb.org/2026/06/25/the-fathers-open-arms Hosea 14:1–3 (NIV): 14 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God.Your sins have been your downfall!2 Take words with youand return to the LORD.Say to him:“Forgive all our sinsand receive us graciously,that we may offer the fruit of our lips.3 Assyria cannot save us;we will not mount warhorses.We will never again say ‘Our gods’to what ourContinue reading “The fatherless find compassion in God”
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Leave the edges of your field
https://odb.org/2026/06/22/ready-to-be-generous Leviticus 19:9-10 9 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edgesq of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second times or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and theContinue reading “Leave the edges of your field”
Hospitable generosity and gleaning
https://odb.org/2025/12/08/hospitable-generosity Deuteronomy 24:17–22 (NIV): 17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this. 19 When you are harvesting in yourContinue reading “Hospitable generosity and gleaning”
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