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| Brother Bosco |
Dated 7th. November. 2021
Praise God brethrens! Firstly, we have to understand the term "Restoration".
To restore means to bring back, return and (or) put back in order to adjust back together. Restoration is the process of bringing back to normal something that got bad along the way.
What must we do to receive the Restoration?
1. We have to realise and discover that we have lost something. When David discovered that he missed the mark and indeed lost something precious, he cried unto God. (Psalm 51:11). As the church we seem to have lost the tangible sense of presence of God that we should enjoy when we come to his presence. So let us cry to God and may he have mercy on us and restore us back to the power of his presence.
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| David realized his mistakes |
2. Prepare our hearts to receive what we are looking for. Before we receive back this precious gift of Restoration,we have to restore back the love of God and the zeal to serve him in our hearts. It's our heart that God sees before He answers our prayers. Our hearts is thus his dwelling place. When we restore our hearts,our homes, community and finally the church will eventually be restored.
3. We have to understand that salvation is personal but we need one another to assist us in our journey of salvation. Jesus Christ came alone to save us but He was fully filled with the Holy spirit and the almighty Father was with Him to help fullfil His mission. So shall you stand alone before the judgement chair but watch out your actions, behaviors and words towards other people so that you don't be the reason why they slide back or fail to be saved.
4. We have to walk in holiness.
Allow me bring this to your understanding. The Holy is quite different from righteous and the opposite of Holy is not sinful or evil, Holiness simply means being set apart from the ordinary or elevated above the norm. My best definition for the word Holy is 'Special'.
For instance way back I had a pair of shoes which I set apart from the rest for special occasions like Christmas,etc. To me this pair of shoes was holy. Hope you now know what holiness means. For us to walk in holiness and make God treat us specially, we must respect and honor what is holy to God like;
- Holy places( places of worship). let us not take this for granted but show much respect and honor to the places of worship.
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- Holy people. God has designed many people as holy - Apostles, prophets and Pastors. {Eph 3:5, 1 Chronicles 16:22}. Husbands , wives, parents, children, brothers and sisters are holy too. So respect and honor them. The widow during the time of prophet Elijah knew what it means by honoring the holy people.
- Holy time. God designated one seventh of your time as holy and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.(Gen 2:3)
- Holy Money. This may sound strange to many and wonder if money could be holy,yes we have some holy money!, God designated ten percent (tithe) of your income or the first seed of theland as holy.
5. We have to hear from the founder and the head of the Church which is Jesus Christ and give thanks, worships, praises, prayers and constant fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
God bless you.
Minister Bosco.O. Godwill.
