Daily Bible Verse: Habakkuk 3:19 endobj The need for restoration implies, 1) that something is corrupt, 2) the need for a pattern, 3) unity of purpose, 4) there is work to be done. You'll write powerful and fresh messages every week with our preparation tools on a number of sermon topics, including expository preaching. As believers, our hope ultimately rests in the promise that Christ will come back for us one day and make all things new. >> People Listen In Different Wayscan You Reach All Of Them? 5. /Length1 56204 Lord, give me the solution to any problem facing me, in the name of Jesus. /XObject << /FontDescriptor 24 0 R If you say, Ive sinned too badly; I just cant accept Gods forgiveness and grace, youre not trusting in Him alone. A college student is lying in a hospital room. But the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people. God said, Behold I am sending to you grain, wine and oil, and you will be satisfied (Joel 2:18-19). There is hope, because God can restore your lost, locust years. /Font << Perhaps your confidence has been undermined and eroded. Peter was not only dull with regard to the enemy without, he was dull with regard to the enemy within. Thankfully, the story doesnt end there. And, submit yourself to the whole thing, not just to the parts you like. /F8 61 0 R /S /Transparency >> The first step to a spiritual fall is when you start picking and choosing the Scriptures that tell you about the kind of God you like and ignoring the Scriptures that tell you what God is really like. /F1 20 0 R /Type /Group Job 42:10b (NLT) In a short period of time, and due to circumstances beyond my control, life changed dramatically. Does the fact that believers can sin badly run counter to so-called lordship salvation? 1. . That sacrifice would be completed on the cross, where Jesus cried out, It is finished (John 19:30). /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] << 4. But what about the here & now? /S /Transparency In Josiahs case, Israels worship was corrupt. Shock my foes, friends, and even myself, in the name of Jesus. Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. Chico Alliance Church Lost years are fruitless years. He offers himself to you, and he says what no one else can ever say: I will restore the years that the locusts have eaten.. /Tabs /S "Hope" in theHoly Biblemeans 'a strong and confident expectation of the future reward'. /F4 31 0 R /F1 20 0 R That is His plan of restoration for you. "Lost" is not the will of God for your life. /Contents 68 0 R /GS7 35 0 R /Type /Group Lost: When a person discovers that something needs to be restored. JOEL 2: 2-26 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Then one day, God gets hold of Jim. Faith is trusting what Christ has done to pay for our sins on the cross, rather than trusting our own efforts or good works to save us (Eph. /Image11 37 0 R We wont be flippant or shrug it off. /GS7 35 0 R /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 12 0 obj Youre proudly trusting in your own method of atonement. teach it. The story of Peters denials is recorded in Scripture to underscore these two great facts: the weakness and sinfulness of even the most prominent saints; and, the greatness and abundance of Gods love and grace toward those who fail. /StructParents 6 We like a God who heals us and makes us happy, but we dont like a God who refines us through trials and hardship. You assumed that you would always be able to do what you used to do. /Author (Ashish\040Raichur) 16:18). We have just learned what it means to ''live by the Spirit'' and not fulfill the ''works of the flesh.'' /XObject << /Tabs /S Sermons in Series: 1 Denomination: Pentecostal 1. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] >> /F1 20 0 R /GS8 36 0 R >> /ExtGState << . >> Attention: /Length 17734 After everything was destroyed, the people must have thought, All this work and what do I have to show for it? Why/why not? 23 0 obj Jesus said, ''Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.'' /Image11 37 0 R 5:5; Phil. /Image11 37 0 R It is your discovery, not your decision. /F6 43 0 R Then He looked at Peter and Peter looked at the Lord (Luke twice refers to Jesus as the Lord to emphasize His deity, v. 61). /Group << The need for restoration implies, 1) that something is corrupt, 2) the need for a pattern, 3) unity of purpose, 4) there is work to be done. >> When restoring a house, the chief architect has the final decision. >> /Type /Font Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases on Amazon.com. A marriage quietly endures in which love has been burning low for many years. It is then said that the church is the new Israel. >> It's very important. A woman in my church in California had earned her degree in counseling from a Christian university. >> >> Heres a story thats been repeated thousands of times. God is the one who decides. 6) This was the book of MosesGods law to Israel. >> You think, What has come of all my time and all my effort? /Type /FontDescriptor God says, "I will purge your dross." In verse 22, God said that the silver had become dross. He enjoys hugging them, as sisters in Christ, of course!
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The Danger of Neglect. He actually took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him. Job's Repentance and Restoration | Reformed Bible Studies & Devotionals at Ligonier.org | Reformed Bible Studies & Devotionals at Ligonier.org Sometimes restoration comes to us in this lifetime, but sometimes it awaits the age to come. Proverbs 29:18 'Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint (they run wild), but blessed is he who keeps the laws.' Vision is the ability to see - the picture you see in your mind. >> Jesus talks about him.
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>> Evangelical/Non-Denominational, The first message from the "And You Shall Recover All" series dealing with recovering and restoring what the devil has taken from us as a body of believers. He secretly looks at pornography. Often people talk about recovering from a loss. endobj Now you look back on those years with regret, the years that the locusts have eaten. >> You see a couple who are really in love, and you say, I wish I could be loved like that. Or you have not yet met the person you would like to meet. Peter believed in his own commitment more than he believed the word of the Lord (22:31-33). (2) Discipleship is an identity. From 1977-1992 he was the pastor of Lake Gregory Community Church in Crestline, California. /Group << << It also communicated His great love and grace. /Tabs /S /S /Transparency Introduction . 52-week preaching calendar to help you plan your sermons, Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, [NEW YEAR] 4-Week Series to kick off 2023, [PRODUCTIVITY] Fulfill your full potential, [FOUNDATIONS] Getting back to what matters most, People dont recover from losses, they get restored by God. There is an ongoing need for restoration today among those who would profess to be Christians. All repentance begins when we remember the word of the Lord. Becoming a Christian is a matter of repentance and faith (Acts 20:21), which are flip sides of the same coin. 3) Only a restoration of Gods original plan can bring us back to Gods true religion. /Parent 1 0 R 4 Restore our fortunes, Lord, like streams in the Negev. /Font << It was probably in secret. /F1 20 0 R /Contents 70 0 R /ExtGState << 5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. This is being fed in our day with the false teaching that we need to build our self-esteem. /ExtGState << /F4 31 0 R There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.. >> /CS /DeviceRGB Gods people were brought to their knees in more ways than one. That has to be greatest evidence of the extravagant nature of God's mercy. 1.
Some of you know this pain in the world of businessa failed venture, a bad investment, a misguided policy, and all the effort that you put in day-by-day, month-by-month, year-by-year led only to massive disappointment. We like a loving and tolerant God, but we dont care for a holy God who lets us reap what we sow and who visits the iniquity of fathers on children to the third and fourth generation. . /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Resources << /Group << 3) Josiahs reign began by destroying all of the idolatrous places. But not sensing their spiritual danger, they fell asleep when they should have been praying. /F1 20 0 R /F5 39 0 R The immediate meaning of this promise is clear. Water Damage Repair. /Parent 1 0 R /Contents 84 0 R << 21 0 obj 2:3). /CS /DeviceRGB /F1 20 0 R /F5 39 0 R One day he was riding in a stagecoach when he struck up a conversation with a woman. /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] New is one of Gods promises to us, and we know that all of his promises are fulfilled in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). God's in the restoration business. /CS /DeviceRGB . We cannot trust in Christ to save us without repudiating trust in our own efforts to save ourselves. One of the greatest shocks a saint will ever know is to realize that other saints can be cruel. 2+bFZs=3;\0GfWTSGf
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You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied (Joel 2:24, 26). >> /Tabs /S /Type /Page 4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done. 5 And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. /F3 27 0 R (3 of 3), Fundamentals The Organization of the Church Lesson 9, Does Galatians 6:10 Authorize The Church to Give to Non-Saints? And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. Outwardly, it looks tall and strong. One clue that we are blind to our pride is when we hear of someone who has sinned and we think, I could never do such a thing! Even though others fall away, I will not! Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 Cor. We would have thought it inconceivable at first, but thats where we end up when we dont fix the leaks. 5 0 obj I look to God, believing He can comfort and restore me. The person has allowed his first love for Jesus to cool. If a real lion were loose on the streets of Flagstaff, we would walk much more carefully than normal! Amos says in Amos 5:24, ''Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.'' Lost years are rebellious years. 9:18). /F3 27 0 R read more, Our God is a God of Recovery. /Font << Help train Christians to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age. /Group << /Font << 147 0 obj
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