Restoration Church

For The Joy | Tears Are The Seeds

We were unable to gather as a whole Church family in person, but in this podcast, Justin shares some encouragement about cultivating joy as we move into the New Year together! (Psalm 126)

Christmas | Restore To Me The Joy

We remind ourselves at Christmas that we have a future that is powerful enough to sustain us in the present - and that even when the darkness seems too much to bear, joy comes in the morning. 

Advent | God In The Mess Of It All

We have learned to look for God in the sanitized and extraordinary when, all along, he’s arriving in the messy and the ordinary. (Matthew 1:18-28)

Advent | The Space Between Suffering And Hope

Advent is about the world we're waiting for... and the longings we feel. Today, we're called to patience in suffering, but not from a God who stands at a safe distance, but a God who suffers with us and for us. (James 5:7-10)

Advent | Judgment, Justice, And Hope

The promise of the coming Messiah speaks to one who judges. As modern, Westerners, the judgment of God typically makes us uncomfortable. But to the original audience of Isaiah's words, judgment meant the world was being made the way they'd always longed for it to be: whole. (Isaiah 11:1-10)

Advent | A Song For The Road Ahead

Psalm 122 teaches us to see our faith as a pilgrimage - a remembrance of what we leave behind, a hope for where we're going, and the promise of who we're becoming along the way. 

How To Pray | Deliver Us

We inhabit a world that is at war for our souls. Jesus closes the Lord's Prayer with a cry for deliverance in a word filled with evil. So how do we understand prayer and spiritual warfare in a healthy way? How can we confront evil and be equipped to walk in the power of the Spirit with confidence? (Matthew 6:13)

How To Pray | Forgive Us

God forgives us not begrudgingly, but joyfully - bearing the cost and canceling the debt of our sin. Forgiving others is often a difficult task, but when we mine the debts the forgiveness we've been given in Jesus, a new way forward is possible. (Matthew 6:9-13)

How To Pray | Our Daily Bread

"Give us this day our daily bread" rewires our spiritual imagination - out of scarcity and into the abundance of God. 

How To Pray | Your Kingdom Come

To pray "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" is to pray at the intersection of our ache for change... and our confidence in the power and presence of God to bring it. (Matthew 6:9-13)