/StructParents 1 /StructParents 5 /F3 27 0 R /Type /Group God can restore lost years by bringing long-term gain from short-term loss. Then the bystanders began to accuse him of being a disciple because of his Galilean accent. /Type /Group >> /Font << endobj Colin and his wife, Karen, have two married sons and five granddaughters. All repentance begins when we remember the word of the Lord. 16 0 obj That same grace is available to all who have failed the Lord. /GS7 35 0 R In many places it tells us to clothe ourselves with humility and to regard others as more important than ourselves (1 Pet. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. Need: 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. Theres a huge difference between these three harvests. ''Matthew 5:3-4 (NIV) RESTORATION STEP 2: I admit my pain over my brokenness and loss. /StemV 40 /Type /Group The locusts have eaten them. Then we are to mark disciples by baptizing them into the church. /CS /DeviceRGB /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Then one day, God gets hold of Jim. /Parent 1 0 R Your success is tied to it. /BaseFont /TimesNewRomanPSMT Business Description. God says, "I will purge your dross." In verse 22, God said that the silver had become dross. Is Denominationalism A Viable Christian System? >> 5) When Hilkiah went to get money to pay the workers from the temple, he found a book. READ 9:1-4, 11-15 - PRAY The phrase, ''Thy Kingdom Come'' should be familiar to almost all of you. In Acts 3:17-18, Peter has just indicted the listeners with killing Jesus, and now he says: And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. /BaseFont /BCDEEE+Tahoma << If were not careful, we focus on the Scriptures we like and skip the ones we dont care for. /Parent 1 0 R 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 After the war he was a test pilot who backed up Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1, which was the first plane to break the sound barrier. /F1 20 0 R I advise you to read all of Gods Word. Later, when other disciples had turned away because of Jesus hard teaching, Jesus asked the twelve if they, too, would turn away. >> /S /Transparency Discover To Recover Contributed on May 20, 2010 based on 27 ratings | 121,892 views Our God is a God of Recovery. >> And he can even restore days and years that have been lost to the effects of sin (Joel 2:25). So the king appointed an official for her, saying, Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.. We are made right with God through Christ's atoning work on the cross. 'Vision is the ability to see - the picture you see in your mind.Let Him come and restore your vision. Fill my heart with love and gratitude for Christ. /Resources << /F5 39 0 R endobj What has God restored to you? >> 3. Lost years are fruitless years. (1) We have been discussing sanctification (Gods continued work in our lives), Christs imperatives/commandments and his call to discipleship. >> /S /Transparency endobj 'What kind of restoration does God want to do? /Subtype /TrueType In this digital download, you will discover an amazing story of restoration, joy, and abundance! /F1 20 0 R Foursquare. READ TEXT - PRAY *Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying All of us have probably been to a church at some time where you think, Is God in this place? >> One day he was riding in a stagecoach when he struck up a conversation with a woman. Appropriation of Christs sacrifice for our sin. /FontWeight 400 /ExtGState << 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.. The first hand which touched my head and stole my glory while I was coming into the world the day I was born, O Lord deliver me by fire, restore my glory and destroy the hand in the name of Jesus. /Type /Group In Peters restoration, we see Gods abundant grace: The turning point for Peter involved two things: the crowing of the rooster, which reminded him of Jesus prediction; and, the Lords turning and looking directly at Peter (which only Luke records). /F2 23 0 R Join Joseph Prince as he expounds from the Scriptures how your heavenly Father has already effected restoration and how you can . /StructParents 0 You wouldnt think that the bold, brash Peter would be toppled by a servant girl, but he was! 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.. /F3 27 0 R /Tabs /S It's a request taken directly from the Model Prayer that Christ gave to His disciples. Lost years are painful years. At age 17, he went with some friends to scoff at the famous evangelist, George Whitefield. read more, Scripture: << /StructParents 11 /F5 39 0 R . He was not evaluating himself in light of Scripture. The apprentice is one who has committed to Jesus the Master and to a lifetime of learning from Him in order to become like the Master in heart, character, and lifestyle. 3 0 obj /StructParents 10 It's how we handle conflict that impacts our relationships. a. Denominationalism does not restore the church. 7 0 obj /F2 23 0 R /F5 39 0 R If a person is not walking in repentance and faith, there is reason to doubt whether he truly knows Christ. He is interest in your restoration. You have to find a way to live with the disappointment that you cannot. When you place Peters earlier confession, You are the Christ of God (9:20) next to I do not know Him, you wonder how the same words could have come out of the same mouth within the space of a few months. To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. /Resources << endobj Part 6, Deacons Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications, Sermon on Ingratitude - Overcoming Ingratitude*, Sermon on Ecclesiastes 10 - The True Meaning to Life #12, Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God Sermon Outline (Part 1), Naaman Sermon - The Sabotaging Attitudes of Naaman the Leper, Sermon on Infant Baptism | We Don't Practice Infant Baptism, Sermon on Giving to the Lord - Better Attitudes Toward Giving, Sermon on Zacharias | 3 Powerful Lessons You Need to Know. We are not made right with God through our works, abilities, or righteousness. /XObject << Now there are lots of churches that claim to be Christian, but they don't preach Christianity and they're nothing about Christianity, yet they go under the banner Gal. He secretly looks at pornography. /GS7 35 0 R Faith in Jesus was a slice of the big pie of his busy life, filled with all the things that Jim wanted to pursue. /Flags 32 endstream endobj 131 0 obj <>stream /XObject << In block #3 of the accident form, I put 'trying to do the job alone' as the cause of my accident. /CapHeight 765 /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] BACKGROUND TO THE MASTER AND RESTORATION DEFINITION AND KEY SCRIPTURES >> Today we will take some time to study on the topic of Repentance. /F5 39 0 R 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). /Type /FontDescriptor Sermons in Series: 1 Denomination: Pentecostal 1. 1. By. /S /Transparency /F5 39 0 R /Font << /Resources << We would have thought it inconceivable at first, but thats where we end up when we dont fix the leaks. (Message) The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them. It says, "how he thus fulfilled". WHY CHOOSE US? /GS8 36 0 R >> It is frequently claimed that once Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah that God cut Israel out of His plan. /StructParents 8 As a result, when Jesus was arrested, Peter reacted in the flesh, whacking off the servants ear, then fled in fear. /F4 31 0 R endobj >> 1) Catholicism is not what Jesus builtit is a corruption of the original. In fact, the L ORD gave him twice as much as before!". Now we live in a day that we /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] She has remained an infant all these years 1. Take heart! 6 Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. When you examine any spiritual failure, you always discover that there has been a slow spiritual decline. For four consecutive years, the harvest was completely wiped out. 18. >> /F4 31 0 R Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 1:1-18 . When you are lower in the status that heaven has ordained for you, the heaven becomes concern and questions the, Scripture: /F1 20 0 R Your heart matters. /ExtGState << ''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. Ask anyone who came to faith in Christ later in life, and they will tell you that they wish theyd come to Christ sooner than they did: How much foolishness I would have avoided. 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). /F3 27 0 R That has to be greatest evidence of the extravagant nature of Gods mercy. During one game he managed to hit a ball right down the right-field line, into the corner. Just after Peters famous confession, Jesus began to teach the disciples that He must suffer many things, be rejected by the Jewish leaders, and be killed. In modern terms, hope is akin to trust and a confident expectation. In I Samuel 30 David's response to devastation and loss resulted in the complete recovery of everything which had been stolen from him and his people. That blueprintthat patternis the word of God. If we will repent of our spiritual failures, God will restore us and use us again in His service. Brochures. read more, Our God is a God of Recovery. The Danger of Neglect. /F6 43 0 R . If only I had made that move. "Lost" is not the will of God for your life. 10 0 obj 8 Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Pet. Your talent is a pointer to your assignment. 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. We are looking at heart matters as they are given to us in the life of David. /F4 31 0 R Though this belief is not as SermonSearch.com is an online resource for sermon outlines and preaching ideas. /ExtGState << I can only briefly comment on several aspects of repentance: Peter remembered the word of the Lord (22:61). . /F3 27 0 R Arrows of Truth # 4- What is the Hunters Strategy? /StructParents 3 /Image11 37 0 R /Type /Group 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 /Tabs /S /Tabs /S All Rights Reserved. 6 0 obj /CS /DeviceRGB Posted 12:18:01 AM. teach it. 15 0 obj /F4 31 0 R The effect of these great trials in your life will be that "the tested genuineness of your faith . It is who we are as followers of Christ and it is our mission (to make Now you look back on those years with regret, the years that the locusts have eaten. Conviction acknowledges that God is right and Im wrong. 2 Kings 8:1, Denomination: /ExtGState << 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. When I completed my work, I found that I had about 500 pounds of brick left over. Notice that word thus. A need for Revival is a statement Too many fruitless years have passed. Were all inclined to do exactly what Peter did. /FontBBox [ -568 -216 2046 693 ] /GS8 36 0 R We need a pattern if we are going to restore the church. >> Luke 22:54-62. /F2 23 0 R 2:3). Satan fell when he boasted, I will make myself like the Most High (Isa. /Contents 116 0 R . Repentance, Recovery, Restoration. Im thinking also of those who live with illness in the body or the mind. /S /Transparency he had a blowout. 2 KINGS 6: 1 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. (20 of 28), Finding and Restoring Lost People (5 of 6), Starting Over: A Message of Hope for Broken People (13 of 13), CCPA - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. /Tabs /S /Resources << /Image11 37 0 R endobj 6:1 Brethren, even if a man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; {each one} looking to yourself, lest you too be tempted. /F4 31 0 R God can restore lost years by deepening your communion with Christ. 4 Restore our fortunes, Lord, like streams in the Negev. /Leading 42 /Parent 1 0 R 20 0 obj They are our compass. 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. >> I am a bricklayer by trade. /Group << >> /Type /Page A division comes to a family, alienating loved ones. A college student is lying in a hospital room. Oh God of double restoration visit me today in the name of Jesus 2. %PDF-1.3 1. Why not ask him for this? >> 'Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. 1) King Josiah was 8 years old when he began to reign as king. He enjoys hugging them, as sisters in Christ, of course! When Jacob was finally reunited with his lost son, Joseph, he described the grief-filled days of his life as few and evil (Genesis 47:9). In all of these accounts, Jesus didnt just heal a condition. /GS8 36 0 R For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation . The God that answered suddenly appear in my situation in the name of Jesus 3. But How? He had recognized his own sinfulness in that first great catch of fish, when he fell at Jesus feet and implored, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord! (5:8). << /Image11 37 0 R /Type /Group >> /F5 39 0 R /FontFile2 25 0 R /Parent 1 0 R Copyright 2023 The Gospel Coalition, INC. All Rights Reserved. When restoring a house, the chief architect has the final decision. /GS7 35 0 R Now, he came back, following at a distance, and sat down among Christs enemies to warm himself by the fire. >> /XObject << The Bible is full of examples of how God makes things new for His glory & our good. 1) Jesus said, Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. (Matthew 9:37-38). Everybody on his team was giving him high-fives and slapping him on the back. At 23 he wrote the hymn, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. For many years he served as a Baptist pastor, but later in life he got involved with the doctrines of Unitarianism and strayed from the Lord. The Lordintimately sharesHis gift of life withpeople, creating each inHis imagewhich gives all the capacity to know His eternal life. The most joyous message the world ever heard was on that Christmas. But Peter was blind to his own pride and self-confidence. /Image11 37 0 R Attention: As believers, our hope ultimately rests in the promise that Christ will come back for us one day and make all things new (Revelation 21:5). The longer I am a Christian, the more acutely I am aware of the exceeding wickedness of my own heart. One of the greatest shocks a saint will ever know is to realize that other saints can be cruel. /Image11 37 0 R >> Have titled the sermon: Repentance, Recovery, Restoration Repentance, our road to recovery, restoration, and redemption Repentance is a powerful Biblical truth that perhaps has been lost in the contemporary church. -Luke 15:17, 20 (NIV) My hurts to me How many of you have ever been to a mountain? /FontName /TimesNewRomanPSMT /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 16. Often people talk about recovering from a loss. /GS7 35 0 R Today,. Scripture: /CS /DeviceRGB My father-in-law didn't stay there very long because he said, ''I just can't work in this environment where it's just stiff and ornate and austere and there's no life.'' << >> /XObject << Lets go to work. They are focused on Helping the Hurting. /ExtGState << If only I had chosen a different path. But the moment has passed. I would even go as far as to say this can be more damaging and even more painful than loosing a loved one. 'May you experience His restoration in this area as well! 5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. The path you chose in your career or at college was a dead end. We have just learned what it means to ''live by the Spirit'' and not fulfill the ''works of the flesh.'' Ephesians 4:3-6 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ServiceMASTER, the nation's leader in the disaster restoration services is seeking a Large LossSee this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Satan had demanded permission to sift Peter like wheat, but Peter was oblivious to the danger, even though Jesus warned him (22:31-33). endstream endobj 132 0 obj <>stream What do spirit-filled people do? People Listen In Different Wayscan You Reach All Of Them? The need for current (temple) worship to be cleansed/readied/restored/renovated Lost years are rebellious years. 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