Praise the Lord Church, today's church service is all about the promise of restoration.
Today's main scripture is Revelation 21 verse 3 through 4 and this is taken from the ESV
version.
Once you have it, please say amen.
It says, He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more.
Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more, for the former things
have passed away.
And He who was seated on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new.
So He said, Write this down, for all these words are trustworthy and true.
So in Christ, we experience God's restoration in us, cleaning us, making us whole as His
beloved child forever.
He will wipe away our hurts, our fears, our failures, and our tears.
Because He is God, who restores us to His likeness and makes us pure and holy in His
sight, this is the promise of restoration He gave to us.
For it is true and forever trustworthy.
Because once in Christ, we are now His forevermore, and He has made us His child instead of being
His creation.
For the broken will be healed, the lost will be found, and the protocols will come home.
Our second scripture is Joel 2 verse 25 through 26, and this is taken from the NIV version.
Once you have it, please say amen.
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locus has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer,
and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you, and my people shall never again be put to shame.
So God is saying, yes, we will endure hardship, but I will restore all things new.
God promised us that He will repair our years of strife, difficulty, and shame, and turn
it into glory.
He is bringing us from a life of shame, a life of ruin, to a life of everlasting love
and fulfillment.
That is His gift to us, the gift of Jesus Christ.
He did not only just tell us this, but He showed it to us, the way of truth.
If we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will receive the gift of plenty.
God helps us to understand restoration is not only to restore what has been lost, but
to give us more than we could ever perceive or think of.
That is the goodness of God in our lives.
Our last scripture is 1 Peter 5 verse 10, and this is taken from the ESV version.
Once you have it, please say amen.
It says, And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called
to you to His eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and
establish you.
So once we are saved, we are made new in Christ's likeness.
We are made pure and holy in His sight.
So God is saying to us, even though that we will endure hardships, we will suffer, but
we have to remember this, that Christ is with us every step of the way.
In Christ, we will be strengthened and be reestablished in Him, because our faith will
grow to be unshakable in our walk with Him.
Restoration in Christ is not just God fixing all of our broken parts, but is to show His
sincerity to us, and also build a bridge of love between Him and us.
And He shows us the sincerity of our hearts and the grace of Almighty God.
Our points for today are 1.
Restore.
God will heal us and restore us to the likeness of Himself, the image of Christ, because
once we are in Christ, He will open our hearts and take away all the sadness and pain and
leave us with His never-ending love and grace.
Our second point is the gift of truth.
God has given us eternal life through His Son, Jesus Christ, and who brings us from shame
to His eternal royal priesthood.
3.
Reestablish.
In Him, God restores our fractured broken pieces together, so not only we will be made
whole in Him, but we are able to grow more in our faith in Jesus Christ.
So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give
your heart to the Lord today to receive Him into your heart.
Go to Romans 10, 9 through 10, it says, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal life with
Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit.
Now this truth is not a free past to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices, and empowers you to spread the gospel
to others.
You are saved forever, and your name is written in the book of life.