THE HEALTHY CHURCH

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THE CALL- TURN BACK•HOSEA 14:1 RETURN, O ISRAEL, TO THE LORD YOUR GOD,    FOR YOU HAVE STUMBLED BECAUSE OF YOUR INIQUITY.

•JER 3:25  LET US LIE DOWN IN OUR SHAME, AND LET OUR DISHONOUR COVER US. FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD OUR GOD, WE AND OUR FATHERS, FROM OUR YOUTH EVEN TO THIS DAY, AND WE HAVE NOT OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD OUR GOD.”

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THE CONFESSION-MISPLACED HOPE

•HOS 14:2-3 TAKE WITH YOU WORDS  AND RETURN TO THE LORD; SAY TO HIM,  “TAKE AWAY ALL INIQUITY; ACCEPT WHAT IS GOOD, ASSYRIA SHALL NOT SAVE US;  WE WILL NOT RIDE ON HORSES; AND WE WILL SAY NO MORE, ‘OUR GOD,’  TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.

THE CONFESSION-MISPLACED HOPE

•EXTERNAL STRENGTH CANNOT SAVE-ASSYRIA

•INTERNAL STRENGTH CANNOT SAVE-HORSES

•IT IS DESIRABLE THAT OUR PRAYERS SHOULD BE COPIOUS AND FULL: OUR BURDENS, CARES, AND WANTS ARE MANY, SO ARE OUR SINS AND MERCIES. THE PROMISES ARE NUMEROUS AND VERY RICH, OUR GOD GIVES LIBERALLY, AND HATH BID US OPEN OUR MOUTHS WIDE, AND HE WILL FILL THEM, WILL SATISFY THEM WITH GOOD THINGS.- MATTHEW HENRY

THE CONFESSION-MISPLACED HOPE•EXTERNAL STRENGTH CANNOT SAVE-ASSYRIA

•INTERNAL STRENGTH CANNOT SAVE-HORSES

•OUR IDOLS CANNOT SAVE – THE WORK OF OUR HANDS

THE CURE-THE MERCY OF GOD

•HOS 14:3 IN YOU THE ORPHAN FINDS MERCY.

THE COMMITMENT-BLESSINGS•HOS 14:5-7 I WILL BE LIKE THE DEW TO ISRAEL;   HE SHALL

BLOSSOM LIKE THE LILY;  HE SHALL TAKE ROOT LIKE THE TREES OF LEBANON; 6 HIS SHOOTS SHALL SPREAD OUT;     HIS BEAUTY SHALL BE LIKE THE OLIVE,  AND HIS FRAGRANCE LIKE LEBANON. 7 THEY SHALL RETURN AND DWELL BENEATH MY SHADOW; THEY SHALL FLOURISH LIKE THE GRAIN; THEY SHALL BLOSSOM LIKE THE VINE; THEIR FAME SHALL BE LIKE THE WINE OF LEBANON

•JER 29: 7BUT SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY WHERE I HAVE SENT YOU INTO EXILE, AND PRAY TO THE LORD ON ITS BEHALF, FOR IN ITS WELFARE YOU WILL FIND YOUR WELFARE.

HOS 14:9-THE UPRIGHT WALK, TRANSGRESSORS STUMBLE

A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN…• REPENTS- OF KNOWN SIN

• CONFESSES- MISPLACED HOPES

• FINDS THEIR CURE IN THE MERCY OF GOD IN THE CROSS OF JESUS

• AND IN BEING BLESSED BECOMES A BLESSING

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