Restoring a Broken Heart

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 The term “broken heart” is referring to the inside person that has been wounded. Similar to the way the body can feel pain, the heart can ache; it can grieve. Emotions may express or not express our...

Repentance Before Restoration

“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness…” Galatians 6:1 Before reconciling with someone in a relationship there has to be repentance. Repentance means, “to turn around” or “to change.”...

Reaffirm Your Love

“I urge you to reaffirm your love to him.” II Corinthians 2:8 In II Corinthians 2, the Apostle Paul is encouraging the church to restore a brother who had repented of his sin. It sounds as if they excommunicated a rebellious man, isolating him from the church. Paul...

Forgiveness in the Family

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 There are two kinds of righteousness mentioned in the Bible. There is the righteous that God gives and there is the righteousness that we...

Position and Process of Restoration

“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (respect); for it is God who works in you….” Philippians 2:12-13 Sin took us away from our life in God; salvation returns us back to life in God. Sin brought lack, deformity, sickness and death. Salvation...