WE ENDEAVOR TO BE A HOUSE THAT RESTORES.
BY ‘HOUSE’ WE MEAN A GATHERING OF PEOPLE, NOT A BUILDING.
HEBREWS 3:6 SAYS, “BUT CHRIST, AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE, WHOSE HOUSE WE ARE IF WE HOLD FAST THE CONFIDENCE AND THE REJOICING OF THE HOPE FIRM TO THE END.”
TO RESTORE IS THE WORD KATARTIZO WHICH MEANS ‘DOWN’ AND ‘TO ADJUST, FIT AND FINISH.’ THE MEANING IS ‘TO PUT IN ITS APPROPRIATE POSITION, TO ESTABLISH, SET UP, EQUIP, ARRANGE, ADJUST, ADAPT, DISPOSE OF, TO PERFECT, FINISH, COMPLETE;
TO INSTRUCT FULLY OR PERFECTLY, TO REFIT, REPAIR, MEND; TO REUNITE IN MIND AND SENTIMENT, TO RECONCILE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SCHISMS, RUPTURES; TO REDUCE, RESTORE AS IF IT WERE A DISJOINTED LIMB.’
THIS MIRACLE OF RESTORATION IS DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND OUR WILLINGNESS AND HUNGER TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
A HOUSE THAT LIVES UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN- THE LORD’S WILL FOR ALL BELIEVERS IS TO LIVE UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN.
JESUS DECLARED IN JOHN 1:51, “MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, HEREAFTER YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING UPON THE SON OF MAN.”
THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS HE OPENED THE HEAVENS FOR US, AND WHEN WE ABIDE IN HIM, WE HAVE ACCESS ALSO.
JESUS DECLARED IN MATTHEW 7:7, “ASK, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND, KNOCK, AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU.” THE KEY IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
LIVING UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN BRINGS BLESSING AND CHANGE TO OUR LIVES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT EQUIPS US TO DO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY AND CARRY THE BENEFITS OF AN OPEN HEAVEN OVER OUR LIVES TO OTHERS.
A HOUSE THAT WALKS IN FREEDOM, RESTORES 2 CORINTHIANS 3:7, “NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT; AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.”
FREEDOM COMES WHEN WE ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE AS HE WILLS. IT IS ONLY AS HE IS GIVEN FREE REIGN THAT WE ARE TRANSFORMED.
IT IS HIS AGENDA THAT WILL BRING US WHAT WE CRY OUT FOR AND WHAT WE NEED. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT BRINGS THE REALITY AND TRUE NATURE OF GOD INTO OUR LIVES.
BY ‘HOUSE’ WE MEAN A GATHERING OF PEOPLE, NOT A BUILDING.
HEBREWS 3:6 SAYS, “BUT CHRIST, AS A SON OVER HIS OWN HOUSE, WHOSE HOUSE WE ARE IF WE HOLD FAST THE CONFIDENCE AND THE REJOICING OF THE HOPE FIRM TO THE END.”
TO RESTORE IS THE WORD KATARTIZO WHICH MEANS ‘DOWN’ AND ‘TO ADJUST, FIT AND FINISH.’ THE MEANING IS ‘TO PUT IN ITS APPROPRIATE POSITION, TO ESTABLISH, SET UP, EQUIP, ARRANGE, ADJUST, ADAPT, DISPOSE OF, TO PERFECT, FINISH, COMPLETE;
TO INSTRUCT FULLY OR PERFECTLY, TO REFIT, REPAIR, MEND; TO REUNITE IN MIND AND SENTIMENT, TO RECONCILE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SCHISMS, RUPTURES; TO REDUCE, RESTORE AS IF IT WERE A DISJOINTED LIMB.’
THIS MIRACLE OF RESTORATION IS DEPENDENT ON THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND OUR WILLINGNESS AND HUNGER TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
A HOUSE THAT LIVES UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN- THE LORD’S WILL FOR ALL BELIEVERS IS TO LIVE UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN.
JESUS DECLARED IN JOHN 1:51, “MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, HEREAFTER YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING UPON THE SON OF MAN.”
THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS HE OPENED THE HEAVENS FOR US, AND WHEN WE ABIDE IN HIM, WE HAVE ACCESS ALSO.
JESUS DECLARED IN MATTHEW 7:7, “ASK, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND, KNOCK, AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU.” THE KEY IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
LIVING UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN BRINGS BLESSING AND CHANGE TO OUR LIVES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT EQUIPS US TO DO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY AND CARRY THE BENEFITS OF AN OPEN HEAVEN OVER OUR LIVES TO OTHERS.
A HOUSE THAT WALKS IN FREEDOM, RESTORES 2 CORINTHIANS 3:7, “NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT; AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.”
FREEDOM COMES WHEN WE ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE AS HE WILLS. IT IS ONLY AS HE IS GIVEN FREE REIGN THAT WE ARE TRANSFORMED.
IT IS HIS AGENDA THAT WILL BRING US WHAT WE CRY OUT FOR AND WHAT WE NEED. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT BRINGS THE REALITY AND TRUE NATURE OF GOD INTO OUR LIVES.