Posts with the category “gods-presence”
I'M SORRY...
August 14th, 2024
How often do you apologise for crying in public? Hopefully you don’t feel you need to at Restoration. We are a crying church after all.
But what is it about this sense of needing to apologise for o... Read More
IN THE WATER WITH YOU
July 11th, 2024
When your thoughts turn to God throughout the day, what’s your general perception?
Do you view Him as the high and mighty King of the Universe? As the One who is on the throne, surrounded by hosts ... Read More
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
June 6th, 2024
For years I lived with a presumption that I was going to heaven. For me the cross was an impersonal key that ensured my safe passage. Jesus died and rose again. He made me right with God. That was eno... Read More
PERSONAL PROVIDER
May 29th, 2024
All through Scripture there are opportunities for us to see the care and provision of our God to His people, to those who know His steadfast love. From the substitution of a ram for Abraham and Isaac ... Read More
JESUS IS STILL CLOSE WHEN I LEAST FEEL IT
May 21st, 2024
I have been reading the very helpful book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund, which focuses on Jesus' heart for sinners and sufferers. This has been a very timely mercy for me because, recently, I have ... Read More
OUT OF EXILE
May 2nd, 2024
What did you do for your last holiday? Spend time with family? Catch up on much needed sleep? Perhaps you bundled the family into the car and ventured to see some distant relatives or friends. Now the... Read More
THE STRENGTH OF HIS PRESENCE
April 25th, 2024
I know all too well that I don’t have the strength or wisdom to love the people around me, the perseverance or expertise to serve well in ministry, the willpower or faithfulness to keep fighting my ... Read More
HOW IS YOUR FAITH?
March 21st, 2024
Why should your faith remain little? Faith includes an intellectual assent to the truth of God and the Gospel, but it is vitally so much more. It is a deep trust in the Person of God, in His character... Read More
BY YOUR SIDE
February 18th, 2024
“How am I going to get through this?â€
We’ve all asked this question. Maybe you’re asking it right now?
It could be the death of a loved one, a conflict with your spouse, a broken heart from ... Read More
KNOWING GOD LOVES YOU
January 19th, 2024
How do you know God loves you? Like … really know.... Read More
IDOLS ARE EXHAUSTING
January 19th, 2024
Idols. We all have them. Whenever Jesus is not central in your life, you have turned to an idol.... Read More
A Robust Peace
January 18th, 2023
Peace. Peace. Peace.I JUST WANT SOME PEACE!!!It’s an all too familiar cry.In a busted, disordered world, the cry for peace can be heard all over the place.Stop long enough and you will hear it comin... Read More