Restoration 2022

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Advent HOPE Sabbath School

Prayer by Gem Castor

Gem Castor

He is Faithful

Peace in the Storm

Give Him Praise

For His Glory

Sunday Morning Devotional

Gentle Healer

Relentless Pursuit

From Garbage to Gold

Greater Works Than This

Give Him Back His Throne

How Big is God

Yes we almost forgot the people in the zoom so welcome everyone.

Good evening and by the way I'm just impressed by the attentiveness of these people.

It's a very good class to the very detail.

And I could not be more excited that the restoration this year is focusing so much on prayer.

I believe that all of us here will not be here if not for prayer.

If not for 1 person that had been praying for us, maybe 1 or 2, and I believe that without my mother's prayer I would not be here right now.

And especially in such a time as this we need prayer more than ever and as we all know it's not because of the speaker it's not because even of the organizer it's only because of the power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to be blessed every time we come together.

So with that being said, can we spend just 1 minute praying with 1 another?

If you came with a person that you're comfortable with, you could just turn to that person and let's pray that God will pour upon us His Spirit, that He'll reveal more and more of His beautiful character to us tonight.

Let's let's turn to the person nearest us and for those of you who are watching in zoom join us as well.

Dear Father, Lord I pray may our eyes be turned towards you.

Help us, Lord, to fix our eyes on the 1 whose eyes is fixed on us.

And thank you so much, Lord, for giving us your Holy Spirit.

May You hide me behind your cross that I may not be seen or be heard, but Jesus and Jesus alone be seen, be heard, be lifted up and exalted.

Father, we praise you and we thank you for reminding us over and over again.

Without you we are nothing, but when we have you we have everything.

We give you back all the praises the glory and the honor we pray all this in the loving and precious name of your son Jesus all your children say amen.

Friends isn't it a blessing to discover more and more of the beautiful character of our Lord huh And I believe each 1 of you have a glimpse that you have seen yesterday that you have not seen before and it's such a joy hearing people saying, Jem I have not seen this before and I did not know that that Jesus is this amazing.

Friends another stories, group of stories that I'll be sharing with you this evening.

You remember how many men that we were talking about last night?

It's about 3 women So it means to say that it's 3 times the length of the top compared to last night.

Friends, I'll be talking about This group of women here that really inspired me and 1 of them really moved my heart.

At the moment I first read this story, I actually broke down.

But these 2, I did not even realize that their story is as significant as this.

And so without further ado, I'd like to introduce to you the first woman.

And when you look at the story, the story somehow started with Jesus on a mission and she was not even the main character.

But later on I began to see it was about her.

I guess by now you know I'm talking about.

Oh, my auntie Marlene there, she got it right.

Friends, this is the woman who has the the blood issue for 12 years.

On the way to the ruler's gyros house, he had met in the crowd a poor woman who for 12 years had suffered from a disease that made her life a burden.

And friends, remember she spent all her money going to the doctors wanting for a cure but then she was just pronounced incurable.

Friends just imagine 12 years and she was hemorrhaging.

12 years and hemorrhaging it's a miracle that she's still alive.

And friends remember if it's a woman's monthly cycle they are pronounced what?

Unclean and they could not, they're like the leper but temporarily.

Lepers are like permanent not unless they found a cure.

So every time that they had this menstrual cycle, they're unclean.

Friends, for 12 long years, she did not have that much association with the people around her, with her family.

And friends, people who have leprosy, yes they could not lift up, what's this, lift up a spoon or a fork but this woman is even worse.

A friend of ours from Chattanooga when we presented this beautiful narrative she said, Jem, you know what I want to sit down.

I want to sit down in the audience because I could really relate to that woman.

This friend of ours, she has cancer, Gabe.

I think she has cancer, the same situation of that woman.

And she has been bleeding for like 6 to 8 months.

Not 12 years but 6 to 8 months and she described to us the situation.

Just even getting up it takes a lot of strength.

The moment she gets up it will take her more minutes to recover.

And going from this spot to the microphone, it will take her at least 15 to 30 minutes.

And while she's there standing, it will take her a few more minutes to recover from the strength that she has lost.

Friends, can you imagine the life of this woman?

It's not just a life of seclusion, but a life of just like powerlessness.

And she's not just depleted of power, of strength, she's depleted of friends, she's depleted of association, and she's also depleted of hope.

And this is 1 amazing thing when Jesus is in the scene.

But her hopes revived when she heard of the cures that Christ performed.

Friends, that's why it's important to be talkative about Jesus.

Inspired by the Spirit, friends, it's really important to talk about the goodness of what God has done in our lives.

Okay, it says there, she felt assured that if she could only go to him, she would be healed.

And friends, it says here, in weakness and suffering, now you could picture out how difficult it was for her.

By the testimony of that woman who just suffered for 6 to 8 months.

Now you could picture out friends in weakness and suffering she came to the seaside where he was teaching and tried to press through the crowd but in vain.

Friends if you're not feeling well the midst of the crowd is not the most conducive place to be in.

I loved to go to the mall when I was younger, but now it just takes away my strength when you are surrounded by a lot of people.

When you are surrounded by a lot of people.

When you are surrounded by a lot of people when you are sick it's even worse.

So it took a lot of strength in her but I believe friends but that even going there it was not her strength that sustained her.

Listen friends, she tried to press through the crowd but in vain.

Again she followed him to the house of Levi Matthew but was still unable to reach him.

She had begun to despair when in making his way through the multitude.

Series

Prayer by Gem Castor

He is Faithful

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

OYC 2012 Plenary Sessions

God Never Wastes Your Pain

59m

Certainty in Uncertain Times

10. Where Do I Find Power to Overcome?

59m

How Prophetic Preaching Touches the Heart

How Prophetic Preaching Touches the Heart - Part 6

57m

Hungering for More of HIM

01 Give Him Praise

37m

Prayer by Gem Castor

Give Him Praise

59m

Beneath My Dignity

46m

GYC SE 2011 Plenary Meetings

A New Beginning: The Power of His Word

58m

Families

The One Thing

1h 9m

Praying with Praise

34m

Anticipation

Pt 2-The Holy Spirit and the Cross

1h 13m

Ignite Your Spiritual Experience!

Experiencing God Through Prayer

1h 9m

Prayer by Gem Castor

For His Glory

54m

Sound Doctrine