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Praise the Lord Church, today's church service is all about the promise of restoration.

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Today's main scripture is Revelation 21 verse 3 through 4 and this is taken from the ESV

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version.

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Once you have it, please say amen.

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It says, He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more.

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Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more, for the former things

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have passed away.

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And He who was seated on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new.

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So He said, Write this down, for all these words are trustworthy and true.

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So in Christ, we experience God's restoration in us, cleaning us, making us whole as His

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beloved child forever.

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He will wipe away our hurts, our fears, our failures, and our tears.

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Because He is God, who restores us to His likeness and makes us pure and holy in His

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sight, this is the promise of restoration He gave to us.

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For it is true and forever trustworthy.

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Because once in Christ, we are now His forevermore, and He has made us His child instead of being

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His creation.

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For the broken will be healed, the lost will be found, and the protocols will come home.

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Our second scripture is Joel 2 verse 25 through 26, and this is taken from the NIV version.

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Once you have it, please say amen.

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I will restore to you the years that the swarming locus has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer,

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and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.

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You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God,

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who has dealt wondrously with you, and my people shall never again be put to shame.

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So God is saying, yes, we will endure hardship, but I will restore all things new.

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God promised us that He will repair our years of strife, difficulty, and shame, and turn

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it into glory.

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He is bringing us from a life of shame, a life of ruin, to a life of everlasting love

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and fulfillment.

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That is His gift to us, the gift of Jesus Christ.

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He did not only just tell us this, but He showed it to us, the way of truth.

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If we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will receive the gift of plenty.

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God helps us to understand restoration is not only to restore what has been lost, but

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to give us more than we could ever perceive or think of.

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That is the goodness of God in our lives.

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Our last scripture is 1 Peter 5 verse 10, and this is taken from the ESV version.

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Once you have it, please say amen.

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It says, And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called

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to you to His eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and

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establish you.

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So once we are saved, we are made new in Christ's likeness.

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We are made pure and holy in His sight.

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So God is saying to us, even though that we will endure hardships, we will suffer, but

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we have to remember this, that Christ is with us every step of the way.

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In Christ, we will be strengthened and be reestablished in Him, because our faith will

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grow to be unshakable in our walk with Him.

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Restoration in Christ is not just God fixing all of our broken parts, but is to show His

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sincerity to us, and also build a bridge of love between Him and us.

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And He shows us the sincerity of our hearts and the grace of Almighty God.

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Our points for today are 1.

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Restore.

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God will heal us and restore us to the likeness of Himself, the image of Christ, because

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once we are in Christ, He will open our hearts and take away all the sadness and pain and

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leave us with His never-ending love and grace.

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Our second point is the gift of truth.

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God has given us eternal life through His Son, Jesus Christ, and who brings us from shame

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to His eternal royal priesthood.

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3.

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Reestablish.

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In Him, God restores our fractured broken pieces together, so not only we will be made

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whole in Him, but we are able to grow more in our faith in Jesus Christ.

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So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help

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you.

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But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give

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your heart to the Lord today to receive Him into your heart.

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Go to Romans 10, 9 through 10, it says, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,

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and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto

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salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal life with

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Jesus.

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You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit.

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Now this truth is not a free past to sin anytime.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices, and empowers you to spread the gospel

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to others.

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You are saved forever, and your name is written in the book of life.