TEXT: Hosea 6:1
PREACHER: Pastor Chuks Ugwueze
HOSEA 6:1
1 “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
PSALM 50:9- 12
9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
JOHN 10:10 NIV
The thief comes only, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Joel 2:25-27
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Introduction
From beginning to end God’s nature is one of restoration. God is the ultimate Restorer. He is always working to restore things that have been worn, bringing them into new condition. RESTORATION is when God in His mercies restores to you in multiple folds all that were taken from you. It is when God takes that which was broken, puts it together again, and makes it better than it was before. It is when God takes the shattered pieces of your life, glue them together with His love, and make them stronger in the places where they were once weak.
God’s divine restoration is more than what humans can comprehend. It is life-changing and it lasts for generations. An example can be seen with Job in the Bible – a righteous man who lost everything in a day and was even inflicted with sores all over his body (Job 2:7). Yet, he maintained his faith in God (Job 13:15). He never listened to his wife who told him to curse God and die (Job 2:9). Even his friends castigated him.