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RE-TREED

“I have humbled him, but I will prosper him.” –Hosea 14:9 God calls us “oaks of justice, planted by the Lord to show His glory” (Is 61:3). However, if we sin and refuse to repent, “the Lord, the Lord of hosts, lops off the boughs with terrible violence; the tall of stature are felled, and the lofty ones brought low; the forest thickets are felled” (Is 10:33-34). Nevertheless, we can eventually accept the grace to repent, then we will “strike root like the Lebanon cedar, and put forth” our shoots (Hos 14:6). We will produce many leaves (Hos 14:8) and...

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THE ECOLOGY OF MISSION

“As you go…” –Matthew 10:7 We all are missionaries by virtue of our Baptisms. It is extremely important for each of us to accomplish our missions for the Lord. To do this, we must know and respect the ecology of mission. Our missions are ones of healings, miracles, and deliverances (Mt 10:8). These acts of God’s power, however, are not to be isolated from proclaiming the kingdom of God (Mt 10:7). Moreover, we will not have the power of mission if we have not chosen the poverty of mission (Mt 10:9-10). Also, we won’t be able to reach the world...

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SELF-“IMPROVEMENT”

Daily Word of God (விவிலிய முழக்கம்) –  Today’s Reading and Message in Tamil (Audio) :  “Their heart is false.” –Hosea 10:2 The more the Israelites prospered, the more they slipped into idolatrous worship, setting up altars and pillars dedicated to false gods (Hos 10:1). Isn’t that like us? We delude ourselves into thinking that once we strike it rich, we’ll give God His share of our attention. However, this is self-deception. We’ve inherited a fallen nature, warped by original sin. Our flesh is never satisfied; it always wants more. The more we have, the more we want for ourselves, and...

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PLANTING A HURRICANE

Daily Word of God (விவிலிய முழக்கம்) –  Reading and Message in Tamil (Audio) :  “When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind.” –Hosea 8:7 The prophet Hosea compares our sins to planting the wind. However, he compares the fruit of our sins to a hurricane! (Hos 8:7) Each sin we commit is like a gust of wind. If the wind is unabated by sincere repentance, the winds gather and escalate to a hurricane or tornado that blows us and our nation further away from Jesus. Jesus and the Father have sent the wind of the Holy Spirit to...

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AMERICA, AMERICA

“I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart.” –Hosea 2:16 On this Independence Day, the Lord is telling us to pray for the Christians of the United States to come back to God. Many Christians in the USA have lost their first love (Rv 2:4). They no longer respond to the Lord as they did in the days of their youth (Hos 2:17). They must repent of compromising with the world and be espoused to the Lord in fidelity (see Hos 2:22). Some Christians are like the woman who hemorrhaged for twelve years. Their commitment to...