Posts with the category “restoration”

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 our...  Read More

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 of...  Read More

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

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

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

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

I grew up watching rugby league. I have always loved it. It’s in my blood. My grandpa played in high school. My dad played in primary. I am a diehard Brisbane Broncos supporter. In primary school, the...  Read More

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

As we know all too well, fallen desire distorts our judgment, and left to ourselves we are enslaved to it. We can never make our break and so often live in regret. Caught up in the business of life, ...  Read More

Jesus, the pharisees, a man with a withered hand, on the Sabbath - all this in the same place at the same time. Something has to give. The bases are loaded....  Read More

"Peace Be Still" These are the words Jesus spoke to the wind and the waves on the Sea of Galilee....  Read More

How do you know God loves you? Like … really know....  Read More

How much are you worth?...  Read More

Every week, around the same time, the garbage truck comes past our place. It normally comes in the morning when I am reading scripture, praying and worshipping God. ...  Read More