RESTORATION DURING SUFFERING Part 3. Jeremiah
Do you sometimes wonder, like I do, WHY some people and nations seem deaf to warnings, that they simply refuse to listen to God’s Word and follow their own way of worldly living which will eventually bring destruction to them? Jeremiah, a mighty, brave...
RESTORATION DURING SUFFERING Part 2. Naomi + Ruth
Do you sometimes feel that your circumstances are hopeless? The beginning of the book of Ruth begins with sorrow. Naomi, her husband and two sons were from Bethlehem. Because of a famine, they relocated to Moab, a neighbouring country where there was food....
RESTORATION THROUGH SUFFERING Part 1. HOSEA
Hosea wrote the book of Hosea, to remind us about a loving, forgiving, restoring God. Despite Israel’s continual turning to false gods, God’s steadfast love for them never faltered. Yet Hosea’s message is also one of warning to those who would turn their backs...
Restoration Series 6. RESTORED WALLS
A home without walls offers NO protection - not from storms, bad weather, thieves, or anything else. Walls are important as they stand in place to guard, fortify and shield us from harm. When the Babylonians conquered and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC, they...
Restoration Series 5. RESTORED YEARS
Money can be restored. Property, cars, paintings, and old houses can be restored. Even relationships can be restored. But one thing that can never be restored is time. Years pass and we never get them back. Yet here we find God promising the impossible: “I will...
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Restoration Series 4. RESTORED FAMILY [Joseph]
In Genesis 37, we read an early account of human trafficking in the life of Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers. In Egypt, Joseph was a slave to Potiphar, and thrown into prison when his wife lied about Joseph rejecting her temptations. But even in the...
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Restoration Series 3. RESTORED DIGNITY [Peter]
When the apostle Peter denied Jesus three times, he deeply regretted it. Luke 22:61 says, after Peter’s denial; “…the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny...
Restoration Series 2. RESTORATION JOY
Do you sometimes feel as if you have lost your joy because of something you did? King David made some poor choices by having an affair with Bathsheba and having her husband Uriah killed in the front line of war when Bathsheba conceived David’s baby. David’s...
RESTORATION SERIES 1. HE RESTORES MY SOUL
What does “restore” mean? It means to recondition, to fix, rebuild, renew. David wrote both Psalms 22 and 23. In Psalm 22 he was crying out to God who seemed to have forsaken him. It also depicts Jesus on the cross and how forsaken and abandoned HE felt by...
Series on Faith 11. Job´s Faith
Job 1 tells is that Job was “blameless and upright, a man who feared God, and turned away from evil.” He was an extremely good man who pursued righteousness and integrity. God blessed him with seven sons, three daughters and huge numbers of sheep, camels, oxen,...