January 7, 2024 … Are We Ripe for Restoration?

January 7, 2024 …  Are We Ripe for Restoration? 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from David Bremer, leading in worship and  singing … Restoration …  Singing of how God brings restoration in the hearts of His faithful followers.     

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Highlight Passage: …  Psalms 80:7  [NLT] … 

7 Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.. 

… The Magi brought gifs to King Jesus, honoring His glory (gold), His deity (Frankincense), and His death to save mankind from their (our) sin (Myrrh).     

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 80: 1, 7-14, 19 … USE THIS LINK …

… God’s promise of restoration in song to those He has called to be saved and those who surrender to follow Him to glory.                                            

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Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11, 30:17 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s promise, thru Jeremiah, of His plans to restore the health of His chosen people.  

Reference Passage: … Joel 2:25-26 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God’s promise, thru Joel, to restore His faithful remnant of followers.    

Reference Passage: … John 15:5-8 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises His disciples to make those who surrender in faith to follow Him will be restored to fruitfulness.      

Reference Passage: … Philippians 1:6 (NLT] … 

6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.   

… The Apostle Paul teaches how God is doing a work in born-again Christians to restore His faithful to become like Christ.   

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:10 (NLT] … 

10 In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation.  

… Peter teaches Gospel truth about God’s promise to restore a those who surrender in faith to Christ’s restoring grace.         

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Arthur Jackson -  AT THIS LINK -   tells of a friend restoring a 1965 Ford Mustang from a broken and damaged vehicle to one like that in the attached photo; and using this restoration as an illustration of what God promises for all who would surrender in faith to be saved and sanctified in Christ.   

Today I’m ripe for God’s restoring and sanctifying grace.  What about you?  Couldn’t we all do with a restoration make-over unto Christlikeness?  I sure could; and am praying thusly.  Again I ask, “What about you?”      

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your promise of restoration into Your image.               

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to receive Your free gift of restoration into Your image, Lord.   … Amen  

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