1. The Cost of a Second Chance

2. Last Few Weeks….

3. Things to Remember…. … we were created with purpose … everyone has value … God actually knows us, not just “about” us

4. Because God Knows Us, He Love’s Us… … based in who HE is (Perfect) … without fear … doesn’t keep records

5. Benefits and Possible Side Affects… Partnership Unity Unconditional love Sacrifice Pain Brokennes s

6. Cheating…

7. Hosea: an Example… When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD.”Hosea 1:2

8. Discipline… …the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son... God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Heb. 12:6, 10b-11

9. Hosea and his side affects… …Hosea marries and has three kids … She cheats on Him …heartache, brokenness, discipline

10. Discipline is where Healing Begins… I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the LORD. “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. Hosea 2:13-14

11. Discipline is where Healing Begins… I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness and you will acknowledge the LORD. Hosea 2:19-20

12. God Disciplines, Restores, and then REDEEMS… The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods...” So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver… Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will live with you. Hosea 3:1-3

13. Bought Back… … For Purpose

14. Discipline and the Woman at the Well… He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” Jn. 4:16-18

15. The Woman at the Well…

16. Accepting 2 nd Chances and the Cost is difficult…