Restoration

*Recap of*

*Be Inspired  by His Word Prayer & Intercessory programme 9th April 2019*

*By Sister Leah Adepeju*

*Topic:* Restoration

*Text:* 2 Kings 6:1-7

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look now, the place where we live near you is too small for us. Please let us go to the Jordan [River] and let each man take from there a beam [for the building]; and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live.” And he answered, “Go.” Then one said, “Please be willing to go with your servants.” So he answered, “I shall go.” So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down [some of] the trees. But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!” The man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron [axe head] float. He said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out with his hand and took it.

2 KINGS 6:1‭-‬7 AMP

https://bible.com/bible/1588/2ki.6.1-7.AMP

This evening our exhortation will be taken from the passage above and it will be about *Restoration.*

Restoration is returning something back to the original state.
Everyone desires restoration after any kind of loss, no matter how minute the loss is except if it's the loss of something not tangible in our lives.

In the scripture above Elisha was with the sons of the prophets and they were by the Jordan River. Each was making a beam from the cut down trees and in the process, one lost the head of the axe. We all know when you lose the head of the axe the wooden handle is pretty much useless.
They called to Elisha for help because the axe was borrowed.
Imagine losing something you borrowed and have no replacement for it. You will try your best to get it back.
They showed Elisha where the head of the axe had dropped into and he cut off a stick and threw it in there and, alas! the head of the axe floated.
We all can imagine the weight of the head of an axe. It's metal and will be a bit heavy for it to cut trees and if that drops inside water it should sink,  but guess what? God made the impossible happen through an impossible means. A stick was thrown in the water and the axe head floated!
Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where the only restoration we need can only come in the form of a miracle or God using someone to facilitate the restoration.

Someone who has lost their job for months or years getting a letter to be restored back to work and be promoted is the hand of God.
Someone who is on death row being released and acquitted, that is God.
A marriage that is facing uphill and the two parties ready to stop it all down hill and go separate ways now having new wine and reuniting on agreement, that is God.
A womb that has been said not to be able to carry a child or someone who has always had ectopic pregnancies and now receiving divine healing, that is restoration.
When your house rent is not being paid and you have been served eviction notice but one way or the other you got the money paid, even unexpectedly, that is God working at the last minute.

God is always the Hero when it comes to restoration.

Imagine where you have constantly received a no. Then suddenly you got the long awaited yes, that is restoration by divine orchestration.

Restoration is something we all deserve, or someone we know here deserves and desires so much.
No matter how bad it looks when God steps in that restoration is possible.
It doesn't matter how long you have been in that situation.
It doesn't matter how much you have lost.
It doesn't matter how long that marriage has been facing that issue.
It doesn't matter what that immigration issue is.
When God steps into the case that needs restoration, things happen in a way that you have no choice but to believe that He is God.

A song's lyrics go thus:

For this God He is our God
Forever and ever
He will be our God
From now and even up to the end.

He is the God who changes things around.
If he can give a man born blind sight, that issue is not beyond His restoration power.
If He can restore a prostitute to be an evangelist, you are not "un-repairable" to God.
He is the one who makes the rejected stone to become a cornerstone.
He is always in the duty of making what has been seen as rubbish to become a rare gem because He has that power to restore and fine tune in His hands.

He is God.

So I want to reassure you.
*My case isn't beyond the restoration power of God* say that to yourself.
*My (mention) isn't beyond what God can fine-tune and make brand new.*
It doesn't matter what it looks like right now, you are getting that restoration where you need it.
So don't drop your faith, don't lose hope.
Don't downgrade yourself.
Don't gather a pity-party.
Go straight to the one who can restore it.
When that son of prophet lost the axehead he didn't start gathering a pity party. He knew the prophet of God was there and went straight to Elisha for solution.
Don't get weary of calling on God.
Don't get tired of allowing God to change that situation.
Trust Him all the way.

Let us pray.

Abba Father, thank you for your word which you sent to me this day in Jesus name. Lord forgive me in anyway I have gathered pity party instead of calling on you.
Lord in every aspect of my life that I have experienced loss and I need restoration, fix it now in Jesus name.
Lord over (mention) that has been said humanly that restoration is not possible, prove yourself mighty and give me testimonies in Jesus name.
Lord, I thank you for answered prayers in Jesus mighty name.

Hallelujah!🙏🙏 Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

*_I am receiving my restorations henceforth in Jesus name._*

Believe Him Completely

Be Inspired Intercessory Prayer and Testimony

By Sister Leah Adepeju

Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Topic: Believe Him Completely
Text: Romans 4:17 to 25

Romans 4:16-25 Living Bible (TLB)
16 So God’s blessings are given to us by faith, as a free gift; we are certain to get them whether or not we follow Jewish customs if we have faith like Abraham’s, for Abraham is the father of us all when it comes to these matters of faith. 17 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say that God made Abraham the father of many nations. God will accept all people in every nation who trust God as Abraham did. And this promise is from God himself, who makes the dead live again and speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past.

18 So, when God told Abraham that he would give him a son who would have many descendants and become a great nation, Abraham believed God even though such a promise just couldn’t come to pass! 19 And because his faith was strong, he didn’t worry about the fact that he was too old to be a father at the age of one hundred, and that Sarah his wife, at ninety,[a] was also much too old to have a baby.

20 But Abraham never doubted. He believed God, for his faith and trust grew ever stronger, and he praised God for this blessing even before it happened. 21 He was completely sure that God was well able to do anything he promised. 22 And because of Abraham’s faith God forgave his sins and declared him “not guilty.”

23 Now this wonderful statement—that he was accepted and approved through his faith—wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. 24 It was for us, too, assuring us that God will accept us in the same way he accepted Abraham—when we believe the promises of God who brought back Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He died for our sins and rose again to make us right with God,[b] filling us with God’s goodness.

To believe is to have trust in something or someone and if you say you believe something or someone completely it means you have no iota of doubt. Your entire trust is based on that thing.
In today's word exhortation, I will be using the Living Bible. It's quite explanatory.

The Bible let us understand that the father of Faith is *Abraham.* His faith is something many people refer to in life. His faith to me was before the moment God called him to move to a land he knew not but he obeyed still because God told him to do so.

Let us go into the word from verse 16...

The word says God's blessings are given to us by faith... Hebrews 11:1 tells us what faith is.
It says..
*Now* Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
So faith is not just about the past, faith is a now thing, it is a present thing. Faith is the evidence of things not seen.
As much as that statement sounds a bit contradictory, we will understand from Romans 4 that God calls the things that are not as though they were.
Faith is a free gift to all believers who are ready to live by it. The Bible let us know that it is impossible to please God without faith.
We had a time of waiting on God and we believe the wind of change had blown. Instead of going back to the before life of the same it is all the same, begin to call those things that are not as though they were because the change had already happened and it is settled.
Abraham was called father of many nations for years by God even before Hagar had Ishmael.
Imagine calling a man in this era of ours father 40 to 50 years down the line such a person can begin to get weary of such name. In fact if they are overwhelmed by the whole situation they can demand that you stop calling them such names.
In some cultures when a woman is about to marry they start calling her wife.
When she gets married they still call her wife.
When it gets to a stage they start calling her 'mama this or that' indicating that she should be a mother soon. If God grants her prayer and she becomes pregnant, they start calling her 'mama twins' 🤰 because of the pregnancy.
Some will do it with good heart but some in mockery.
But what am I trying to explain here is that when you ought to have achieved something and it seems like it's not coming forth, calling you by that supposed achievement might or can be misunderstood as mockery except you are clear of the person's intentions.

The Bible tells us that we are not under the Jewish law and customs. If we have faith like Abraham we are certain to get what God has promised us.
God made Abraham father of every nation, that is you and I are seed of Abraham and by faith we qualify for that lineage. The people who will be the seed of Abraham must trust God like ABRAHAM had complete belief that He is who He said He is. He is God almighty.
Because God is the one that brought and still brings the dead alive, He speaks of the future event with as much certainty like they were past because He is God almighty.

Abraham believed God completely against all odds. He knew that His promises concerning him would come to pass. His faith was strong enough. He didn't bother about his age, or the fact that Sarah's womb was dead and too old to carry a child.
Abraham never doubted God in any way. He put a praise on the promises of God even before the manifestation. He was completely and totally sure that God was able to do whatever he promised. Because of his faith God forgave his sin.
I believe this sin is that which Sarah caused him to commit which was impregnating Hagar. Because that just seemed like he forgot what God had said concerning him.
His faith facilitated his 'not-guilty' verdict even in the state of a sinner.
He accepted the statement of God with total faith.

This applies to you and I this day because Faith is a Now thing. Before you start thinking "But Abraham is not my biological father" you are a seed of Abraham by faith through salvation; the salvation which came about through Jesus dying and rising from the dead to conquer death just to reconcile us back to God in the original state of being sin-free and acceptable to God almighty.

Today you might be thinking 'but the promises are taking too long to manifest..' Believe Him(God) completely. In believing God completely you do not have a plan B. God is the only plan.
It is not a matter of 'if prayer doesn't work, if scripture doesn't work, if going to church doesn't match or work', no.
Because your complete faith and my complete faith will affect my thinking and my utterance.

Many people put a delay on the manifestation because they fail to believe completely.
That which we desire is already made available, it is settled.
It's like being invited to a party and the theme for food is 'serve yourself.' The person who invited you would not expect you to get to the party and start the process of going to shop to buy ingredients for food, then cooking, before you are able to serve yourself. This is because the meal is already prepared. You just need to show up. That is what complete faith in God is.
You need to show up by kicking all doubts out.

Have you seen a situation where people are telling you that that contract is impossible?
Or that the lab results can't be changed?
But God is so mighty. You just have to stand on the Word and that which has been said to be impossible becomes so possible because your belief is completely in God.
You can see what is written but your faith rises from the inside and it affects your confession.

It is useless to say you have faith when you do not stand in faith.
If you do not stand in faith you fall in fate.
That is when you begin to exalt fate above faith because your mind is already darkened.
You are overwhelmed just by what you see or what you hear.
They said to you 'leave the country' and you are running from pillar to post.

Have you forgotten what the word of God says concerning the sole of your feet?
Have you forgotten what He said about the entire earth?
Have you forgotten He is the maker, owner and controller of the universe?
Who says yes when God says no?
Who says open when God closes?
Who says  sack when God says retain?
Who says demote when God says promote?
Who says illness when God says healing?
Who says lack when He says abundance?
Who dares call you victim when He has made you victor?
But the truth is what is your faith saying?

Do you want to completely believe in Him or partially believe?
You know whatever is partial cannot do the work of that which is complete?
You cannot drive a four wheeled car with 3 wheels. That will be a bumpy ride that will probably claim lives.

Except your faith is complete you might be denying yourself of the blessings of Abraham that is your portion.
I pray that God will open our eyes to see what He is saying about us in Jesus name.
I pray that every doubt that is causing us to deny our Now faith will be erased in Jesus name.
I decree that whatever it is that has been changed, that the enemy is placing false evidence before you causing you to doubt your promise from God, today God will put a stop to such in Jesus name.
I pray that everything that  is causing you so much pain, this month of April you are moving out with Halleluyah sound.
The latter of Abraham was glorious than His former. I decree your latter days henceforth will be a good testimony in Jesus name.
You will not testify of better yesterday in a situation that is unbearable in Jesus mighty name.

I urge you henceforth let your faith in God be complete in Him (God).

Begin to pray over all doubts in your life that God should erase it all in Jesus name.