The Restoration Centre is a place of Worship established by God to bring a very unique aspect of the Gospel to God's people, and the people of our city.
The principles our ministry espouses are not only biblical, but proven. Marriages have been restored, finances have been changed, families reconnected, and destinies found. It is truly miraculous, and I believe, as I hope you do, we have not even scratched the surface of how God is going to use us in the future.
As we stand upon the threshold of our collective destinies, you have probably felt (or soon will) the pressure that is connected to expanding God's kingdom. There is an enemy, there is opposition, there is difficulty.
The principles our ministry espouses are not only biblical, but proven. Marriages have been restored, finances have been changed, families reconnected, and destinies found. It is truly miraculous, and I believe, as I hope you do, we have not even scratched the surface of how God is going to use us in the future.
As we stand upon the threshold of our collective destinies, you have probably felt (or soon will) the pressure that is connected to expanding God's kingdom. There is an enemy, there is opposition, there is difficulty.
In 2 Kings 19, King Hezekiah was desperately trying to keep God's people right and rule his life by Godly principles. Then came an unexpected attack that caused FEAR, WORRY, and DISCOURAGEMENT to grasp the hearts of God's people.
It seems the King of Assyria (Sennacherib) and his great army came upon Israel both suddenly and with great surprise. He stood outside the gates and began to shout to the inhabitants of Jerusalem -
“This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria. 11 You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different? 12 Have the gods of other nations rescued them...?"
An Army had made its way through various countries and defeated a host of nations and Kings. Sennacherib's (pronounced Sin-ach-er-ib) had seen this before many times. Upon springing on a unsuspecting kingdom or castle, the townspeople would start praying to the statues, idols, and temples. They would cry out, sacrifice, and even lay their own children upon alters - yet those gods never intervened, there was not power that rose up to stop this great general and leader. Until now.
14 After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the Lord: “O Lord, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth. 16 Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.
The difference was our God is alive and is mighty to save! The prophet Isaiah came to the King of Israel and gave him a Word
32 “And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
“His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.
33 The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,
says the Lord.
34 For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
I will defend this city and protect it.”
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.
33 The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,
says the Lord.
34 For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
I will defend this city and protect it.”
Notice that God is remembering. Remembering His agreement with other believers and holding Himself to His own Word. The enemy has come in like a flood but we must remember there are Words over our lives, our children, and our church! And we must remind God that His Word cannot be broken and trust that it will be fulfilled in great fashion!
Don't panic today! Remind God of His Word and remember that our God is real and our cause is divine. Supernatural provision, protection, and direction were sent that was not only a great encouragement to God's people, but a great witness to unbelievers that our God is not like their gods. Read this dramatic, yet almost anti-climatic account -
35 That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[e] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. 36 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
37 One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons[f]Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.
God did not need to dispatch an army, a battalion, or even a small group - no, just one angel could do the job. It is as if the Lord is saying purposely, "I don't even need more than 1 person when that person is in My will and under My promise. No need for fireworks, Me plus 1 is a majority!"
Be encouraged today! The shouts of fear, discouragement, and frustration pale in comparison to the strength of the promises, provision, and power that is over our lives. You and God make a majority for every situation in your life and it will come to pass, sooner than you think, stronger than you could have imagined, and with such miraculous effect, no one will be able to deny our God is not like other gods, our God is alive!!!!!!
- Pastor Darryl W. Crain
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