Have You Claimed Your Restoration?

Acts 3:20-21
20...that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things...
 
As a believer, you have a right to expect restoration of the things that the devil has stolen from you.  It may be your health, marriage, or finances, but payback time is definitely coming!

Acts 3:20-21 tells us that before Jesus comes back for His church, we will experience “the times of restoration of all things”.  What a hope that gives us, knowing that God will restore to us all things before Jesus returns!

Friends, if the devil is attacking you in any area, tell God, “Father, I will not allow the devil to rob me of my health, marriage, children or finances.  These blessings are blood-bough and paid for by Your Son!”  Claim your restoration in Christ and heaven will hear you.

There will be such times of restoration of all things to the body of Christ that His people will only get better, stronger, healthier, and more prosperous and glorious!  When God restores, even under the old covenant, His people always received much more than what they had originally lost, in terms of quality and/or quantity.  How much more will our restoration be under the new covenant because of the shed blood of the Lamb of God!

A divorcee with a teenage son came to church and accepted the Lord a few years ago.  She began to pray for the restoration of her marriage and the reunion of her family.  She know that the chances of this happening were close to zero since she had not met nor spoken with her ex-husband since their divorce 10 years ago.  She did not even know if he had remarried.  But God caused their paths to cross at a wedding, and today, their relationship is healed, and together with their son, they worship as a family in church.

Even though what happened for that sister may not happen for every divorced person (God can give you a better spouse and marriage), I believe that God wants you to know that your times of restoration are here.  Heaven is waiting to hear you stake your claim for restoration!  Simply focus on God...serve Jesus...and watch what happens!!!

God Loves You and I Love You! Pastor Erwin

Your Sin Cannot Stop God's Grace on Your Life!

Romans 5:20 NKJV
20Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound.  But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.
 
When a top executive is charged for corruption or a church minister is caught win the very act of adultery, you will probably hear the phrase caught in the very act of adultery, you will probably hear the phrase “fallen from grace” being used of them.  We have come to believe that when someone falls into sin, he falls from grace.  But God wants us to know that when someone falls into sin, he does not fall from grace - he actually falls into grace!  Thank God His grace is there to put the person back on his feet.

The Bible tells of prostitutes and corrupt tax collectors - sinners - who fell into God’s grace and got back on their feet.  If the sin in their lives could stop God’s grace, they would never have been able to receive His grace of healing, help and power to live right.

Now, it is important you understand that God hates sin because it destroys our lives, relationships and bodies.  Sin is evil!  But sin is not overcome by us talking about it and relying on our willpower to overcome it.  It takes God’s grace to destroy sin.  In fact, it is when you are under His grace that sin has no dominion over you. (Romans 6:14)  It is when you see His grace in providing His Son to put away your sins and make you eternally righteous that sin will not dominate you.

The devil will say to you, “You think that you can still expect God’s blessings after what you did this morning?”  That is when you must remind yourself that Christ alone is your perfection and righteousness.  All of us have faults.  None of us deserve God’s blessings.  That is why we plead the grace of God, which is His unearned, unmerited and undeserved favor toward us.

Sin does not and cannot stop God’s grace.  If His grace can be cut off by sin, Jesus would never have come to save us because we were all terrible sinners.  But praise God, “where sin abounded, grace abounded much more”!

Friends, God’s grace is bigger, deeper, wider and more powerful than all the world’s sins put together.  Receive His grace right now to walk in total victory over that weakness or evil habit in your life!  Remember that you are no longer under the LAW, but under the GRACE OF GOD!

God Loves You and I Love You! Pastor Erwin

 

You are Blessed...More Ways Than One!

Romans 5:1

1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have  peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

We are not trying to get peace with God.  We already have peace with God, having been justified by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ.  This peace with God brings us the peace of God, which guards our hearts and minds.  (Philippians 4:7)  Then, the peace of God inside us will also translate into the peace of God outside us - in all our outward circumstances.

 

Firstly,we will find that what would normally cause us much care and anxiety will no longer be the case.  Secondly, not only will everything turn out well, but we will also be blessed in  more ways than one.  This is what happens when Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is our peace.

 

A church member, though stricken with cancer, enjoyed the peace of God, knowing the He was her healer.  She later received confirmation from two different doctors that she had been completely healed of cancer.  In addition to receiving her blessing of complete healing, she also received from her insurance company a critical illness claim of $50,000!

 

Another church member, upon hearing news that her hours at work were being cut then shortly after, she was laid off, committed the matter to God, believing that He would work all things out for her, especially her loss of a regular income.  Within days, she received calls from her contacts in the industry, offering her jobs, two of which were jobs in well-known multinational corporations.

 

At that time, she had not yet started looking for a job, so the calls were unexpected but welcomed.  She finally opted to work for one of the corporations - a dream come true for her - at a salary that was 30 percent more than her previous one!  When she simply prayed, “Abba Father, I trust You to look after me,” and rested in His love and peace, she was abundantly blessed.

 

Because Jesus is your peace, you are blessed in more ways  than one.  Your soul will prosper.  Your health will prosper.  Your finances will prosper.  Your loved ones will be taken care of.  Your relationships will flourish.  You will enjoy the favor of God.  All because you have the Prince of Peace!  Your trials and challenges are testimonies of God’s blessings upon your life!  Go ahead...Tell on God’s Goodness!

 

God Loves You and I Love You!  Pastor Erwin

Forgive...Let God Do The Rest!

Ephesians 4:32
32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
 
People like to say, “I can forgive, but I cannot forget.”  Have you heard that before?  Now, in the first place, nowhere in the Bible does God tell you to forgive and then forget.  It is not in the Bible!  The devil is adding something here to make the whole thing burdensome.  God only tells us to forgive because God in Christ has forgiven us in debt we cannot pay.  When we do this, we do ourselves a favor because harboring bitterness and unforgiveness can sometimes affect...even destroy our health!

so just forgive and let God take care of the rest.  When you really forgive, sometimes, He makes you forget.  But sometimes, you still remember the incident because it was a major thing in your life.  Yet, when you look back at it, the pain is no  longer there.  The sting is gone and you are not bitter...and holding that grudge.

Joseph had forgiven his brothers before they came and bowed before him.  He remembered what they did to him, but he did not remember it with bitterness.  (Genesis 50:15-21)  so you may remember the incident, but the bitterness is gone because you have put the cross in the picture--”God in Christ forgave me.  Daddy, I forgive you.  Mom, I forgive you.  My cousin, I forgive you.”

Forgive by faith, not by your feelings.  We walk by faith, not feelings. (2 Corinthians 5:7)  Some people are waiting for feelings-- “I am waiting, Father, for the right emotion to come on me to forgive that person.”  That “right emotion” my never come!  forgive by faith, and do it once and for all.  Spend time in prayer.  Take out your diary and write it down: “Father, I bring this person before you.  You know what he did to me.  Father, as You forgave me through Jesus’ cross, even though I did not deserve it, by faith, I now forgive this person and I let my anger against him go in Jesus’ name.  Amen!”

Once you forgive by faith, you will see the sting of bitterness removed from your heart.  You will experience the peace and joy of God filling your mind, and see a greater measure of wholeness in your body!  Is there someone that you need to forgive...fully and freely?  LET THEM GO...LET GOD DO WHAT ONLY GOD CAN DO!

God Loves You and I Love You! Pastor Erwin

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