PJP2 SIP 151207 SIP Focus Hosea 11:8-11 (ESV).....O Lord Jesus, Thank You for Your Mercy and Grace.  Holy Spirit, we Worship and Praise You for Your Presence in our LIves.  Father God, Holy, Holy, Holy is Your Name.  Lord Jesus Help and Guide me today as I Offer Up a Paraphrase of Prayer and Praise using Your Inspired Word to Your prophet Hosea as he writes in Hosea 11:8-11 (ESV) / (emphasis and paraphrase added/jaj)....Father God, Thank You that You Continue to Love us in such a way as Never to have Given Up on us, though our disobedience indeed are deserving of such.  Holy Spirit, we Praise You that You have Never 'handed us over' to our sinful ways.  Lord Jesus, Thank You that You both Through Your Life among us, and now via Your Holy Spirit's Indwelling within us, You have Shown us Your Way of Truth and Light.  Father God we Know that our sin causes Your Heart to Recoil within You.  Thank You, Holy Spirit, that Your Love for us Encouraged Your Compassion for us to Grow Warm and Tender toward us.  Help us, Lord Jesus, to Ever Walk in Your Steps and Follow Your Way of Compassion and Love, even to the point of laying down our lives for another we that is the need.  Father God we are Humbled by the Fact that You Chose Not to Execute or Implement Your Righteous Burning Anger upon us.  Holy Spirit, we Know Full Well that You Are God and not man, Lord Jesus, You Are The Holy One in our midst, and Thank You Holy Spirit that You Do Not Come in Wrath, But in Love, Mercy, Grace and Truth.  Father God, Open our Hearts, Souls, Eyes and Minds to You.  Lord Jesus, as You Are The Lion of Judah, Help us to Listen and Respond, to Go After You, Lord Jesus.  Holy Spirit, when You Roar, as The Lion of Judah, Empower and Embolden us to Come to You, even if we Come trembling from the West.  Father God, as You Called Your Son, our Lord Jesus out of Egypt.  As well as You Led Your children of Israel out of bondage, May we too ever Follow You out of our own slavery to sin.  Come Soon Lord Jesus!  Holy Spirit Strengthen and Encourage us to Wait for You, Knowing that with Your Second Advent, Lord Jesus, You Will Return and Take us Home to Be With You.  In Your Holy Name we Pray these things.....Amen/Amen....jaj