Series: Restoration

1. Restoration Malachi 4:5   2. Why Elijah? James 5:16   3. The Battle Made Ready a. Hide Away b. Purified by People      

Restoration is more than just brining people back to where they were before, it is about brining people into the position that God created them for.   Restoration releasing people.   God is about to bring judgment upon the corrupt dynasty of Ahab and he is going to use Elijah to raise up His instruments that are going to do… Continue reading Restoration: Failure

  Part of the Ministry of restoration that God wants to pour out upon the church is to release people in the “position” that Jesus created them for.   Elijah releasing kings and prophets. Hazael will be king of Aram Assyrian writings say Hazael was the “son of a worthless fellow” Used as judgement against Israel and Judah (See 2… Continue reading Restoration: Spiritual Impartation

Finding God’s will and what we are called to do in the area of bringing restoration to others. I want to share a couple of things we need to do and then share a couple of traps that can happen as we try to follow God’s will    1. Elijah’s Progressive following   1Kings 17: 2 Go to the brook… Continue reading Restoration: God’s Will

Finding God’s will and what we are called to do in the area of bringing restoration to others. I want to share a couple of things we need to do and then share a couple of traps that can happen as we try to follow God’s will    1. Elijah’s Progressive following   1Kings 17: 2 Go to the brook… Continue reading Restoration: God's Will

Elijah was a man with a nature just like ours. James 5: 17   Elijah’s life captivates our thoughts. He appears with Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration He may be compared with the greatest New Testament prophet, John the Baptist. The Old Testament closes with a reference to Elijah His dramatic confrontations with the powers that be in Israel… Continue reading Restoration: Elijah, A Man Just Like Us

Elijah is about to come out of the wilderness to confront the powers of Baal   Elijah at the brook   The drought is starting. Elijah was called away during the drought to eat from the provision that God was supplying. God will allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak comfortable unto her Hosea 2: 14  Where?… Continue reading Restoration: The Wilderness

Restoration can be great if it is on our terms at our times of convenience   Family or friend: Yesterday would be a good time to do something. Others: interruption to our lives, not so fun as it brings inconvenience to our lives.   God’s path   All know the sayings God works in mysterious ways God’s ways are not… Continue reading Restoration: The Path

1. Drought results   Ahab consumed with belongings 1 Kings 18: 5 Not a single word about God. The famine made no impact on Ahab. Elijah confronts Ahab. Called a trouble maker Christians always accused when things go bad. Elisha’s head called for during siege (2 Kings 6: 31) Paul turning the world upside down (Acts 24: 5)   2…. Continue reading Restoration: Mount Carmel

Restoration Jesus Christ is the one who brings restoration. Micah 6: 8 “What does the Lord require of you: to do what is right, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” What does it look like to walk humbly with our God? The Netzer There is a Hebrew word Netzer which means branch or sprout. Isaiah 11:… Continue reading Restoration: Netzer

Misconception that when you follow Jesus, we will live in this utopian society where things travel smoothly and when they don’t we are like…Where is God? We want to look at the chaos that is families and yet do what God requires from me. Micah 6: 8 This is what the Lord requires of you; to do what is right,… Continue reading Tale of Five Women

JAH name of god Our theme for 2015 is Restoration Talk a little bit about God restoring men to the fullness of who they are intended to be David became king and the first desire of his heart was to bring the ark (presence of God) to Jerusalem. he realized that when God’s presence was with us, anything could happen…. Continue reading Restoration: Man

There is a blessing that I speak each week and today I want to  share why I say that to you. Numbers 6: 22 – 27 Why a blessing? Many times the things we think are a blessing are just a noose around our necks. God states that when we say this blessing, the name of God will be upon… Continue reading The Blessing

Micah was a prophet at the same time as Isaiah. Micah 7 – speaking to Judah specifically, but is also speaking to us prophetically today. Verse 1 – There’s a drought, not for food, but for the Word of God Verse2 Godly people have disappeared Not an honest person is left Murderers Greed is consuming the nation Verse 3 Leaders… Continue reading Micah 7

Favor of God Favor of God God is going to restore all things to himself and work through people to do this. Luke 1 slideLuke 1: 28 Greetings favored woman. Had to explain an unmarried pregnancy to her husband and family Only hide it so long Virgin birth went over big with the villagers. (Mark 6: 3 They scoffed, He’s… Continue reading Favored by God

The Hope of a Return Jeremiah 32 Babylon is attacking Jerusalem and they will overpower it within a year. Jeremiah is prophesying that Jerusalem is going to fall and the result of this is that he is in jail. Prophetic word that his cousin, Hanamel is going to come to Jeremiah and ask him to buy some land in Benjamin…. Continue reading Communion: The Deposit

Restoration is the theme for the year   I. Spirit of Restoration Malachi 4:5, 6   Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.  His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hears of children to their fathers.  Otherwise I will come and strike the land… Continue reading Restoration: Wilderness

Restoration – We have the theme of Restoration in 2015 Spirit of Elijah will come upon us and bring restoration.  This means the Holy Spirit that worked through Elijah will come and work in our lives. Looking at the life of John the Baptist to see what that looks like in our lives. Last time we saw that John went… Continue reading Joseph the Levite

Becoming transparent so Jesus can shine through our lives. John’s Message John had one sermon and it was not… Do you have Jesus in your heart? Do you know the four spiritual laws? If you were to die tonight do you know for sure that you would go to heaven? John’s one sermon was “Repent of your sins, turn to… Continue reading Restoration: Repent

Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near. Matthew 3: 2 repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand Kingdom of heaven and kingdom of God are interchangeable Prophets would not say the name because they were fearful of taking the name of the Lord in vain Jesus had no problem with it as he proclaimed the kingdom of… Continue reading Restoration: The Kingdom

We have been looking at the life of John the Baptist and his message to prepare for the kingdom of God to come. Repent (turn around your life) Kingdom of heaven is here Your kingdom come (Starts small so don’t get discouraged) Your will be done.  Kingdom will come as will is done. Now people are coming to John and… Continue reading Adoption Sunday

The Message of John the Baptist The Threshing Floor Blessing and Judgement both happen on the threshing floor Uzziah killed on the threshing floor 2 Samuel 6:6,7 David judgement against Israel stopped at threshing floor 2 Samuel 24:16-25 “Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem where the Lord appeared to his father, David…at the place of… Continue reading God of Fire