Category Archives: Restoration

June 6, 2016

Earthen Vessels

By Christina

imageI loved having the opportunity to hear two dynamic messages yesterday. We can preach certainly, but to sit and hear other vessels like this… is simply amazing! Powerful! Impacting!

Iron sharpens iron again.
This message is by Senior Pastor Abbelane Rivera; Emmanuel International Ministries.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This servant shares:

You have to understand your design.

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭4:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

A lot of times we see only see the vessel and what we don’t see is the Architect.

The Architect sees the building that is happening. We see the rocks and the rubble. Here God makes a design of that vessel. We will say that the Architect is Jesus Christ. Continue reading

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February 11, 2016

No One To Help Me In

By Christina

imageThere is a man in the New Testament that has an encounter with Jesus the Messiah. He was sitting by the pool of Betheseda. This becomes such an interactive story because as you read you can imagine youself in that place too. You visualize this man by the pool…right by the Messiah and he is bitter, frustrated, angry, resentful, hurt, torn and challenged in every way. He was restricted, yet by what? His own victimized mentality that says, “I have no one to help me…”

No one is there to put me in.

No one is by my side.

No one understands my pain.

No one is there when I need it the most.

No one is going to be able to help me.

PERHAPS! Continue reading

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February 9, 2016

After They Prayed

By Christina

imageIt wasn’t until I really prayed that I felt a change in me.
It wasn’t until I really sought the face of God that I saw a difference. It wasn’t until I became the prayer person that I am today-in my own way-that I saw how God was moving things on my behalf.  I am thankful.

It’s not just a changed environment for me, it’s a changed mind!

That happened with serious prayer and an encounter with God that’s going to last eternal in my soul.

Now Lord consider their threats and enable your servants to speak Your word with great boldness [not hesitating or fearful in the face of danger]. Stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs [see/vision] and wonders [acts] through the name of Your Holy Servant Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting [sitting] was shaken and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly. Acts 4:29-31 (New International Version)

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February 7, 2016

Rebuilt Stone

By Christina

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This is not just about Family, Friends Or Feelings…

Such a bigger purpose. Within my scope and above my scope, God’s got this!

I don’t let one incident define me.
I don’t let these raging “emoticons” of mine have dominion.
I am like that black butterfly… In the darkness, I am always seeking it’s solace through the light.

He caught it. Captured it.
In a simple explanation, there it was clearly depicted. Black stone over gray. A flawed ground that came to light. A stone butterfly was built.
An illuminating illustration of my story.
Unashamed, unfiltered and undeniable. Continue reading

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