>> Later, as a fighter pilot he was shot down and spent 16 months in a German prison. This provision makes me think about the parable where Jesus spoke about a harvest that could be 30-, 60-, or 100-fold. Everybody on his team was giving him high-fives and slapping him on the back. I refuse to wage war against myself, in the name of Jesus. /XObject << 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. Property can be restoredbroken-down cars, stripped painting, old houses. /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Ever since, the human race has been plagued with the sin of thinking too highly of ourselves. << /Tabs /S Lost: When a person discovers that something needs to be restored. 2 Kings 8:1, Denomination: He is also committed to mentoring next-generation pastors through The Orchard School of Ministry. /StructParents 5 . << I want to make a difference in the world, but the locusts have eaten half my life! Colin and his wife, Karen, have two married sons and five granddaughters. 15 Outstanding Quotes To Recharge Your Preaching. /FontFile2 25 0 R /Type /Group endobj /Leading 42 /Tabs /S In the bookPilgrim's Progress, it was 'Hopeful' who comforted Christian in 'Doubting Castle'; while conversely at the entrance to 'Dante's Hell' were the words, 'Lay down all hope, you that go in by me. /Tabs /S /F2 23 0 R Locust and termites in my life and family die now in the name of Jesus God Will Renew and Restore! /Tabs /S 'John 15:5'I am the vine; you are the branches. /GS7 35 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] endobj stream >> >V[nBO0F#9OS%O7`J+y&?_W_]E&~J{dy>0}YK @4 When you are lower in the status that heaven has ordained for you, the heaven becomes concern and questions the, Scripture: >> /StructParents 3 He continued to look the part of a godly man. endstream endobj 133 0 obj <>stream We cannot atone for our sins by our sorrow or penance. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. /StructParents 4 These words were echoing in the woman's head as she left the doctor's office: "I'm sorry but its cancer." The need for current (temple) worship to be cleansed/readied/restored/renovated So many today in churches all across America have lost their joy and are not ready to admit it In fact, the L ORD gave him twice as much as before!". Dont be too hard on yourself. But Gods Word is the final authority. Peter proclaimed, Lord, to whom shall we go? If we fumble and our hearts go bad, then our behavior will follow suit, but if our heart is pure, then only positive behavior will follow. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. Gods people had suffered the complete destruction of their entire harvest through swarms of locusts that marched like an insect army through the fields, destroying the crops, multiplying their number as they went. 1 of 2. Business Description. /GS7 35 0 R /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] Jesus confessed that He is the Messiah and Son of God before the powerful Jewish Sanhedrin, but Peter failed to confess Christ before a lowly servant girl. >> . >> /Contents 57 0 R Because as a believer in Jesus Christ, victory is your spiritual birth-right. Ephesians 1:7- ''In whom we had redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.'' x}t93dKG5Xm-e; rb"8A!N@P^}{2Cbm^/s!|[.(-),}HKZou99g}sB]B6ugP3Bq>(?{pw|P#Bf`hW=PC)B["V$BW!\7#+`P7}xj3O"$?:ZCM_?3nWl2PC;vv?uu5Bm_+;&cA~<=lg4P") 48|0f|l_Ji{2 endobj /Group << 'John 11:25Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection andthe life. 16 0 obj I look to God, believing He can comfort and restore me. The glory I lost by being carried by any evil hand, Father restore me in your mercy in the name of Jesus. The Bible says that Manasseh did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the nations God had kicked out; but then it says something we all need to sit up and pay /Font << 2 Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. Everyone knows that the basic job description of the church was given by the Lord Jesus Christ in The Great Commission. << >> /GS8 36 0 R Try. He actually took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him. /Type /Page /F1 20 0 R Robinson was deeply touched, turned his wandering heart again to the Lord, and experienced His grace and forgiveness. If you will turn back to Him, He will abundantly pardon and restore you to fellowship with Him and to service in His cause. Imagine with me, you get your dream job. /Resources << To his astonishment, he found that it was the hymn, Come Thou Fount, which he had written as a young man. /Type /Catalog Why not ask him for this? Notice that word thus. /F5 39 0 R The God of Restoration David Cawston Psalm 23:3; Isaiah 61:1-3 Introduction: There has been a thief who has stolen by deception from us the original state God held from man. Hebrews 11, John 9, Denomination: Repentance, Recovery, Restoration. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] 1 Samuel 30:1-8, John 10:10. Series based on 1 Samuel 30:1-8, Scripture: He wants us to know His 'zoe' life - the very life of God Himself. Lost years are misdirected years. 6 marks of recovered corporate worship. /Subtype /TrueType What does the Lord say about what I have done? /FirstChar 32 /CapHeight 693 Since 2012, Zona Restoration has provided professional remediation and restoration services across the Phoenix area. It feels like the years are moving on. You think, What has come of all my time and all my effort? /Group << /StructParents 8 >> He is not happy when His children are not where they should be in this life. The truth is, you can be the victor over lifes failure rather than its victims. /GS8 36 0 R /Font << A division comes to a family, alienating loved ones. /F4 31 0 R Yet God promises the impossible: I will restore the years that the locust has eaten (Joel 2:25). 25 0 obj /Annots [ 88 0 R ] If . If you say, Ive sinned too badly; I just cant accept Gods forgiveness and grace, youre not trusting in Him alone. 1:9). /Tabs /S If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing. The one who believes in me willlive, even though they die. >> /Group << >> The Lord wants to come and restore your life and to restore new life to you.John 14:6Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth andthe life. /F3 27 0 R A need for Revival is a statement At this point, Peter began to curse and swear, insisting that he did not know this man (he wouldnt even utter Jesus name; Mark 14:71). ''Free from the law, O happy condition; Jesus has bled, and there is remission; Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall, Grace has redeemed us, Once for all. << 1) Catholicism is not what Jesus builtit is a corruption of the original. He secretly looks at pornography. We would have thought it inconceivable at first, but thats where we end up when we dont fix the leaks. /GS7 35 0 R But we may learn how to avoid the slow leaks in our own lives by tracing Peters decline. /Type /Page Today, if we are going to restore the church, we must go back to the original blueprints. endstream endobj 132 0 obj <>stream 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). Jesus took it upon Himself to remove the hindrances to true corporate worship. read more, Scripture: A2pP't-t=0-8b>6\ y?%4InJcM"mQgJ!PwNkO;18iv}vfD@FpAnnm7cbnMp1Z uul_}s@j%- v_acDKC0YkkxMaLaEQpk }w28K]?uX&o:iJ,~"bKU%[bU#l8IK[n<75&NZCKa_%N?U#D],Y Home. Im thinking also of those who live with illness in the body or the mind. 3) There must be a great purpose for unity. /Resources << The scriptures instruct us not to be an offense to anyone, but as with most commands, we will fall short more times than we'd like to admit. >> Why is it dangerous to camp on favorite passages of Scripture, rather than to read it all? /F1 20 0 R /Widths 26 0 R He was not evaluating himself in light of Scripture. 3 And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land. It is merely a replacement for Catholicism. 6 0 obj Today, we must have unity of purpose if we are going to restore the church. And, submit yourself to the whole thing, not just to the parts you like. 3) Josiahs reign began by destroying all of the idolatrous places. 5) When Hilkiah went to get money to pay the workers from the temple, he found a book. /BaseFont /TimesNewRomanPSMT /Type /FontDescriptor /F3 27 0 R /Font << 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.. 2. But Robinson was so impressed by Whitefields preaching that he got saved. Theres a person (lets call him Jim) who made a commitment to Christ, but it didnt run deep. read more, Scripture: In many places it tells us to clothe ourselves with humility and to regard others as more important than ourselves (1 Pet. He is paralyzed from the neck down. /F8 61 0 R They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. Not only can he renew a life and redeem its future, but he can also redeem its past. b. The Christian life begins with repentance and faith, but it also continues with repentance and faith on a daily basis whenever we sin or when Gods Word opens our eyes to sin that we previously were not aware of. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding %%EOF Satan had demanded permission to sift Peter like wheat, but Peter was oblivious to the danger, even though Jesus warned him (22:31-33). >> Our judgment fell on him. Peter was deeply convicted in his heart. Peter instantly fell apart in repentance and godly sorrow over what he had done. >> he had a blowout. Our locusts swarmed all over him. 2) His father, Amon, was an evil and idolatrous king. /F7 50 0 R The other gospels reveal that Peter also believed that he was more committed than the other disciples: Even though all may fall away, yet I will not (Mark 14:29). /F3 27 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] >> /GS7 35 0 R /Type /Group Posted 12:18:01 AM. >> 2:8-10). /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 'Let Him come and restore your hope right now. }P[R=Sl\e`; d VY# /F3 27 0 R /F3 27 0 R Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. >> We would be always on the lookout, and probably be armed with a weapon to defend ourselves. /XObject << We need a pattern if we are going to restore the church. We cannot trust in Christ to save us without repudiating trust in our own efforts to save ourselves. Jesus didnt have to say anything. In my brokenness I humbly admit my need for God and others. /F4 31 0 R Get your FREE eBook about deconstruction: 'Before You Lose Your Faith'. /CapHeight 765 /Application () /Font << One day a small breeze blows on it and it comes crashing down. /Type /Page Oh no, my lord! he cried out. READ 9:1-4, 11-15 - PRAY The phrase, ''Thy Kingdom Come'' should be familiar to almost all of you. The turning point for Peter involved two things: the crowing of the rooster, which reminded him of Jesus' prediction; and, the Lord's turning and looking directly at Peter (which only . /F5 39 0 R 1) 2 Timothy 1:13 Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus., 2) Romans 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.. >> endobj She said, ''You could just skate down the aisles. endobj The previous night he had been thrown from an automobile, and his spine had been severed. /Contents 38 0 R Sermon notes, sermon outlines, Bible teaching, expository preaching, Bible study resources on Christian faith, healing, holiness, Spirit-filled life, . And yet we often ignore the adversary of our souls, living as if he did not exist. /XObject << /F9 73 0 R 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. In the story of Ruth, we see God take a family whose name faced extinction and not only restore to them a secure future but knit them into his grand story of redemption by placing them in Jesus family line. Thats the awful process, how the air leaks out of our tires until we are running on the rims. Even better, some have more than recovered, they were able to minister to others. Satan fell when he boasted, I will make myself like the Most High (Isa. Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. SCRIPTURE: - Hebrews 2:1-4 "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. At this point, we cant believe what we see: Peter, the bold apostle, openly denying that he knew his Savior and Lord! You would think that a man launching a new enterprise at the age of 33 has everything in front of him. /F2 23 0 R Have we truly repented if we dont feel sorry about our sins? /Image11 37 0 R [Introduction] /Group << >> 'Vision is the ability to see - the picture you see in your mind.Let Him come and restore your vision. /XObject << /Name /F1 So we clip Romans 9 and many other Scriptures from our Bibles. In the New Testament, we see Jesus live a ministry of restoration. "Lost" is not the will of God for your life. 4) In the eighteenth year of Josiahs reign, a project to restore the temple was underway. << 2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet. And he said, Go. 3 Then one of them said, Wont you please come with your servants? I will, Elisha replied. THE "R" IN RECOVERY STANDS FOR REALIZE. You'll write powerful and fresh messages every week with our preparation tools on a number of sermon topics, including expository preaching. Thinking about years that the locust has eaten, years that have been taken, I think of something Isaiah said about our Lord Jesus: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Isaiah 53:8). We all have had the shocking experience of seeing someone we looked up to spiritually fall into a great sin. When you restore a house, you may have everything in place, but if you fail to do the work, the house will never be restored. /Resources << /Type /Group /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Need: >> /Type /Page 5 0 obj Daily Bible Verse: Habakkuk 3:19 >> We grow spiritually dull and distant. /Font << /CS /DeviceRGB /S /Transparency /Type /Page Often in your mind, and sometimes in your conversation, you say, How did I end up here? /Group << >> Lord, make my case a miracle. I read, not long ago, about a church that had a marquee sign out front. RESTORATION STEP 1: I humbly admit my powerlessness to change myself and control everything. I read about one poor fellow who wrote his insurance company concerning an accident that he was in. Daniel 4:34-37, Deuteronomy 6:1-10:15, Denomination: 'The Lord is the source of all life throughout the universe. 127 0 obj <> endobj Then we are to mark disciples by baptizing them into the church. /CS /DeviceRGB /Contents 89 0 R 14 0 obj H|Sn0}+@6lUU-H{`}`l TQ~|miJ|||.]}_:8;.X=V%vw|. Perhaps as she kept insisting that he had been with Jesus, he gave the response Luke records, Woman, I do not know Him. He changed locations, hoping to avoid any other confrontations. /S /Transparency It was borrowed! 6 The man of God asked, Where did it fall? When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.7 Lift it out, he said. /F5 39 0 R He justifies it, thinking, Im just a normal guy. /ExtGState << He is interest in your restoration. He tempted Eve by appealing to her pride, telling her that she could be like God. /Parent 1 0 R One of the greatest shocks a saint will ever know is to realize that other saints can be cruel. /F3 27 0 R After everything was destroyed, the people must have thought, All this work and what do I have to show for it? >> 2. What can mere mortals do to me? /GS7 35 0 R /F3 27 0 R Lost years are rebellious years. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Arizona Restoration locations in Tempe, AZ. /Count 16 /GS7 35 0 R 5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. /Type /FontDescriptor 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Perhaps you grew up with many blessings, but in your heart you wanted to rebel. 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). /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] Instead of bringing you pleasure, rebellion brought you pain. 1. ,z @:HZ ]u3:'qt'os~"t']]V|Q5QTE Q ' ~ OV\' /Parent 1 0 R Thats the last bit of air leaking out of our spiritual tires: We compromise our witness by our words and behavior. 1) King Josiah was 8 years old when he began to reign as king. teach it. Slowly the air was leaking out of his spiritual tires, but we didnt see it until they were flat. /F4 31 0 R Everyone faces major losses in their life and then must deal with how to handle the aftermath. 1 0 obj The God that answered suddenly appear in my situation in the name of Jesus 3. >> >> >> "Hope" in theHoly Biblemeans 'a strong and confident expectation of the future reward'. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. But Isaiah says, He was cut off. He was cut off because he came under the judgment of God, not for his own sinsbecause he had nonebut for ours. That has to be greatest evidence of the extravagant nature of Gods mercy. /Font << /Font << /StemV 40 /Tabs /S /Kids [ 3 0 R 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R ] Believe Him for the restoration of your hope. We do not face up to our pride. 4 Leadership Lessons from the Life of Queen Elizabeth II, Colin Smith on Teaching Lamentations to Grieving People. . /F3 27 0 R We can only appropriate Christs sacrifice to cover our sins. 3 Tests Of Plagiarism: Do Your Sermons Pass Them. /Image11 37 0 R Holiness, Scripture: endobj Discover To Recover Contributed on May 20, 2010 based on 27 ratings | 121,892 views Our God is a God of Recovery. Phase one of Nehemiah's two phase project has now been completed. 5 For each one shall bear his own load. >> We have tracked Nehemiah, a man of prayer, purpose, performance from a prominent position in the Persian Empire to the despairing people of Jerusalem >> (1) We have been discussing sanctification (Gods continued work in our lives), Christs imperatives/commandments and his call to discipleship. teach it. If you lack deep roots with the Lord, frequent times where you meet alone with Him to read and meditate on His Word and to commune with Him in prayer, you will fall when the storms of temptation hit. /F2 23 0 R He didnt try to paper over it or make excuses or rationalize it away. /StructParents 12 If a real lion were loose on the streets of Flagstaff, we would walk much more carefully than normal! Lord, give me the solution to any problem facing me, in the name of Jesus. /Image11 37 0 R 8) Josiah then turned his efforts toward restoring the true worship of God in Israel. The Lord wants to come and restore your hope.Hopeis an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes.Hope is one of thethree theological virtuesof the Christian religion, alongsidefaithandlove. /S /Transparency /CS /DeviceRGB /F1 20 0 R >> >> >> Psalm 51:1-10. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] The Sovereign LORD is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights., Daily Bible Verse: Isaiah 55:3 NLT << /F5 39 0 R Sermon: The God of Double restoration Texts: Joel 2 verse 25 Bible Passage: Job 42 verses 10- 17 . /GS8 36 0 R A shattering realization. As a result, the financial situation for my three children and me went from secure and . Losses however are not so much recovered from as, Scripture: He does so in three ways. /Type /Group >> Scripture: You assumed that you would always be able to do what you used to do. >> 16. Im thinking of those who have lost a loved one. 10:12)! /GS8 36 0 R Your heart matters. ServiceMASTER, the nation's leader in the disaster restoration services is seeking a Large LossSee this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. /F1 20 0 R He also provided many public health Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Arrows Of Truth # 4- What Is The Hunters Strategy? But How? >> /ExtGState << /Image11 37 0 R >> /Ascent 1000 >> 9:18). Encouragement for Anglican Pastors, One Year Later, Moscow Pastor Says, I Know God Is Going to Judge Us All, 9 Things You Should Know About Revivals in America, When You Dont Feel Like Having Sex with Your Spouse, Downplaying the Sin of Homosexuality Wont Win the Next Generation, The Burning Question from Asbury Isnt About Asbury, Megachurch Marriage for the Bachelor Pastor: A Story of Love that Lasts, Ordinary and Extraordinary: A Day at the Asbury Awakening. The hymn writer I mentioned earlier, Robert Robinson, was a wild young man who lived a debauched life as a teenager. Collins. /F5 39 0 R RESTORATION SERMON OUTLINES Restoring Relationships (18 of 21) by Eddie Snipes A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle. . >> /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] But in his last days, through Gods mercy, Jacob was able to look back on his life and see that God had been his shepherd all along and that he had been redeemed from the evil that once marked his life (Genesis 48:15-16). He was like a mighty tree that has been eaten inside by bugs. From 1977-1992 he was the pastor of Lake Gregory Community Church in Crestline, California. >> /F3 27 0 R 'May you experience His restoration in this area as well! /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] endobj 13 0 obj The effect of these great trials in your life will be that "the tested genuineness of your faith . But what about the here and now? All Rights Reserved. >> Heres a story thats been repeated thousands of times. Appropriation of Christs sacrifice for our sin. Psalm 51:12, Psalm 51:1-15. For any who have fallen, the story holds out the hope of pardon through Gods abundant grace if you will turn back to Him. 4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have {reason for} boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. /Group << We offer 30,000+ outlines and 10,000+ free sermon illustrations from top Christian pastors and communicators. Then he drops the bait, the man falls, and everyone is shocked. Look at the first two verses there and you will find that they are similar and it will connect Bobby Bowden, (former football coach of Florida State University) said that when he was in college, he played college baseball. [|Km_dm5;>K2ZC4cKrvevG.e"2'1>c0kf>gRb /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] Let the loss of these years make my love for Christ greater than it would ever have been. Your success is tied to it. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] >> /FontWeight 400 A marriage quietly endures in which love has been burning low for many years. The Hunters strategy is based on an incident in 1 Samuel 30 in which David and his men recovered his family and possessions from the foreign raiders who had kidnapped them.