"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" (2 Cor. 5:17 NLT)

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.” (Jeremiah 29:11-14 NLT)

Friday, June 21, 2013

Restoration

Are you broken?  Do you think your life is beyond repair?  Does everything look dark and hopeless?  Perhaps you feel like it’s too late; things are so messed up that you've lost all hope.

Do not despair.  Your life is NOT beyond repair!  No matter how dark things seem right now, with Christ your future is bright!  Our God is a God of restoration!  He is a God of new things…a new life, a new beginning, a fresh start, a new covenant, a new heart and a new way of living life. 

“I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.” (Jeremiah 30:17 NLT)

You may be struggling right now.  You may be crying from the very depths of your heart.  You may be feeling hopeless and broken.  Your life is not beyond restoration.  Your situation is not your destination.  No matter how hard things are right now, God will never give up on you.  He sticks by us through all life’s situations – the good and the bad.  Despite your past, despite what you have been through, despite what you are going through now, God never gives up on any of His children.

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” (Romans 8:28 NLT)

God specializes in taking what is not and creating what is.  Bring your situation that seems broken and beyond repair to Him.  He can restore and make you new.  Nothing is impossible for God!  He can restore, He can forgive, and He can rebuild you from all the broken pieces you are struggling through right now.  God wants to make you better than before.

"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" (2 Cor. 5:17 NLT)

Let go and let God.  Allow him to lovingly restore you and you will never be the same again.  Bring your brokenness to God.  Ask Him to restore you.  Ask Him to make you new, to heal you, and set you free from the sins of your past.  Forgive those who have hurt you.  Believe in God’s wisdom, power, might and glory.  Don’t doubt his willingness to act on your behalf.  God never stops having a plan for your life.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.” (Jeremiah 29:11-14 NLT)

God reassures us that He will make today even better than any yesterday we can imagine might have been.  Turn to Him today and say, “Rebuild me, Lord!”


“Our most gracious and loving Heavenly Father, I thank and praise You today for rebuilding me from all the broken pieces of myself.  I thank You for making me a new and incredibly better version of myself.  I thank You for Your love.  I thank You for Your forgiveness.  I thank You for all the blessings You have given us in our lives.  I thank You for the restoration You have done in our lives.  You have driven away the darkness and replaced it with Your bright, shining love!  I thank You for my steadfast faith in You.  I thank You for the blessings and paths You have set for our lives.  I know that You have much more planned for us than I can even begin to imagine, hope for or ask for.  Thank you, Lord, for everything!  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

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