Persistent Love: Hosea 11v1-11 (page 907)\r\n\r\nFather / Son\r\n\r\nThe Fathers Gracious Love...\r\n- God rescued\r\n- God healed\r\n- God delighted\r\n‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my first born son, and I told you let my son go, so that he may worship me’. (Exodus 4v22-23)\r\n\r\n...towards a run-away child\r\n‘My Son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.’ (Proverbs 3v11-12)\r\n\r\nThe Fathers Persistent Mercy...\r\n- God\'s persistence\r\n- God\'s mercy\r\n- God\'s relenting\r\nDeuteronomy 21v18-21 (page 200)\r\n\r\n...towards a returning-home child