Posts with the category “restoration”
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
WIS-DUMB
April 3rd, 2024
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, t... 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
TAKEN HOLD OF ME
March 12th, 2024
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
THE BASES ARE LOADED
January 31st, 2024
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
January 19th, 2024
"Peace Be Still" These are the words Jesus spoke to the wind and the waves on the Sea of Galilee.... Read More
KNOWING GOD LOVES YOU
January 19th, 2024
How do you know God loves you? Like … really know.... Read More
WHAT PRICE
January 19th, 2024
How much are you worth?... Read More
JESUS AND THE GARBAGE MAN
January 19th, 2024
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