03-21-2020, 10:11 AM
RESTORATION TODAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020.
TOPIC: *YOU BELONG TO GOD*
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" 1 Peter 1:18-19.
*MESSAGE*
We all want to be accepted. We all want to be loved. We all want to belong. That's why rejection and loneliness hurts so much. When we're searching for human acceptance and belonging. we're always at risk of being disappointed. but there's a place where we belong, with acceptance and love that never ends, waiting for us. God says that we belong to Him.
When He redeems us, we belong. In Psalm 100, it says 'we are his people' (v.3) and in Romans 14 it says 'we are the Lord's' (v.8). And when we belong to God, we can't be destroyed. We may have to face some tough situations and keep going through hard times but when we invite God into those situations, he won't let us be completely destroyed. When the enemy tries to defeat us, he can't— because we belong to God. He says that we're His.
When the devil wanted to test job's faith, God allowed it but there was a condition. Job's life could not be taken: 'he is in thine hand, but save his life' (Job 2:6). But even death can't destroy us. We receive eternal life because we belong to Christ: 'whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life' (John 3:16). We belong to Him, however we feel. it's the truth—nothing can separate us from Him.
*ACTION POINT*
Go through the Bible and highlight any verses you come across that remind you that you belong to God. Start with the one below.
*SCRIPTURES*
Psalm 100:3; Romans 14:8; Romans 8:31, 38-39.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank for choosing me;
2. Lord, help me to always remember that I belong to You in the name of Jesus;
3. Father, give me power to live as Your child indeed in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Exodus 38; Psalm 90-91; Acts 22:22-23.11.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020.
TOPIC: *YOU BELONG TO GOD*
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" 1 Peter 1:18-19.
*MESSAGE*
We all want to be accepted. We all want to be loved. We all want to belong. That's why rejection and loneliness hurts so much. When we're searching for human acceptance and belonging. we're always at risk of being disappointed. but there's a place where we belong, with acceptance and love that never ends, waiting for us. God says that we belong to Him.
When He redeems us, we belong. In Psalm 100, it says 'we are his people' (v.3) and in Romans 14 it says 'we are the Lord's' (v.8). And when we belong to God, we can't be destroyed. We may have to face some tough situations and keep going through hard times but when we invite God into those situations, he won't let us be completely destroyed. When the enemy tries to defeat us, he can't— because we belong to God. He says that we're His.
When the devil wanted to test job's faith, God allowed it but there was a condition. Job's life could not be taken: 'he is in thine hand, but save his life' (Job 2:6). But even death can't destroy us. We receive eternal life because we belong to Christ: 'whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life' (John 3:16). We belong to Him, however we feel. it's the truth—nothing can separate us from Him.
*ACTION POINT*
Go through the Bible and highlight any verses you come across that remind you that you belong to God. Start with the one below.
*SCRIPTURES*
Psalm 100:3; Romans 14:8; Romans 8:31, 38-39.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank for choosing me;
2. Lord, help me to always remember that I belong to You in the name of Jesus;
3. Father, give me power to live as Your child indeed in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Exodus 38; Psalm 90-91; Acts 22:22-23.11.