Restoration & Reconciliation during the process of Renewal God determines the times and seasons

This is our Ministry's Mission ONE! A bit more of an explanation here for those who need a better understanding of what the Lord requires of us in any relationship. Restoration, this is the word used to portray God’s desire to return our souls to their original design and proper function. In the context of the ministry, our work involves working alongside the Holy Spirit in restoring an individual’s soul to a healthier place or condition, where life can be lived more fully in right relationship with God and others. He is a God who desires that our souls are restored, and that we walk in right living with Him and others. He does His work of restoration in a person’s life as proof of His ever-loving character to us. All we can do is to join Him in this work. Renewal, another word used to portray a desire of God. In another prayerful Psalm of David, God speaks to us about renewal. The Holy Spirit is in us and also works within us to renew us by cleaning our hearts while transforming our minds. Replacing our false beliefs and erroneous attitudes within the heart, with godly beliefs and attitudes, cleans the heart. Renewal, another word used to portray a desire of God. Many times it is a hard process but the Lord is there with us always. PHILIPPIANS 3:10-11 " I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. " I PETER 4:12-13 " Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed." PHILIPPIANS 1:29 " For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him,". Reconciliation, this is third word we use it to describe a desire that God has for us. There are two major aspects of reconciliation to consider, an individual’s reconciliation with God, and with others. God is reminding us that He has done everything necessary to reconcile us to Him, we have become “new creatures”; Christians. his means that as we minister to others, we must be able to address the relationship of a person being served with God. If a person is an unbeliever, we must do some work with them pointing them to Jesus. If they are a believer, we may have to work at strengthening the believer’s faith in God and all that His reconciliation means to them. The second aspect of reconciliation is that of person-to-person relationships. Jesus addressed this in Matt 5:23-24 Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. Jesus places reconciliation between people in a very important position. He basically tells us that before we come to worship God, and when we remember that we have an issue with someone, we must address that issue first. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10 " But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." Jesus considered reconciliation as so important that He gave Himself up for it, and He asks us to do the same. As we minister to others we must be able to address any needs for reconciliation that the Holy Spirit prompts in those we serve. We are to always be mindful of relationships of those we serve to others in their lives. We have to do this in our ministry as well. When we do counseling many times there very well could be barriers to their personal progress to wholeness because of issues of a relational nature. Jesus counted this as so important that He told us to deal with them before we worshiped Him. Jesus considered reconciliation as so important that He gave Himself up for it, and He asks us to do the same. As we minister to others we must be able to address any needs for reconciliation that the Holy Spirit prompts in those we serve. We work alongside and under the direction of the Holy Spirit to perform God’s work of restoration, renewal and reconciliation in the lives of the broken-hearted. 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-15 " But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing." **The answer to the question of what do we, the ministry of Marriage Restoration 101 & The Season of Hosea. Please be sure to find us on our Facebook page under Sharon Nichols. I am connected with some wonderful prayer teams who will faithfully prays for the masses as the requests come in. I am very selective as to who sees and prays for those requests. We would love to connect with you and council in complete agreement. Remember that God does hear our prayers. We need to make sure that we are doing our part in application first. Then leave the rest up to the Holy Spirit. We are here for you and you can find out more about our Ministry services on our Webpage(s). You should be able to find our connecting Websites on one of our other pages. I will double check and see if they are still there for you. If not hold on more help is on the way! We are gathering as many resources as possible in this latter hour. It is critical that you are praying more than ever. Be sure that you are also fasting! God determines the times and seasons “It is God who alters the times and seasons, and he removes kings and promotes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. “(Daniel 2:21) The joy of the Lord is your spiritual strength. (Neh. 8:10) Praise God that in His presence is fullness of joy and in His right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psa 16:9-11) God bless you this week. Please know that you are NOT alone on this journey. He has called you for such a time as this. Amen Stand strong & of great courage. In His Service, Sharon Nichols