Restoration Seattle

Some seasons you show up with a full heart. Others you show up empty, carrying grief you can't put down, wondering how you're supposed to feel joy when everything hurts. This week we walked the fifteen songs the ancient pilgrims sang on the long, hard climb up to Jerusalem for Sukkot — and found that joy isn't a feeling you wait for. It's something you do, even in the dark, because the God who met...

Ever been shown a kindness you knew you hadn't earned—and not known what to do with it? Most of us are quicker to want mercy for ourselves and justice for everyone else. We hold our love back until people deserve it, and we let it run out the moment things get hard. This week we walk through the story of Naomi and Ruth—two grieving widows on a long road home—to discover what it means to receive a...

When life falls apart, most of us do one of two things — we run, or we grit our teeth and wait for it to be over. We white-knuckle through the season we're in and hope God shows up with a sign to prove He's still there. But what if the thing that feels like it's swallowing you isn't the end of your story? For Rosh Hashanah, Matt reopens the story of Jonah — the parts the children's books skip — an...

Pastor Chris Manginelli shares about lament from the Psalms. Watch on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://tinyurl.com/44zvuhva #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle

Ever said something you can't take back? The text you can't unsend, the comment still going around, the quiet verdict you keep speaking over your own life. We all know the sting of words that tore someone down — and how no apology quite undoes the damage. This week we're in Psalm 34, digging into what it actually looks like to guard your mouth and speak life instead of death — over the people arou...

Everybody hits a season where the bottom falls out — sometimes from something we did, sometimes from pain someone else handed us. And we tend to do the same thing: pull away from God and try to clean ourselves up before we come back. But what if the shattered place you're most ashamed of is exactly where God wants to meet you? If you're carrying guilt you can't shake, or grief someone else caused,...

Most of us are running on empty and don't fully know why. Constant scrolling, constant opinions, constant voices telling you what to think, who to be angry at, what to want — until you can't quite trace whose voice is actually shaping your life anymore. If you feel rootless, stretched thin, or like the noise is running your life instead of the other way around — this one's for you. Watch “The Good...

Yeshua stops for the people the world walks past.

Aybars Uckun from the Al-Ma’idah Initiative shares how we can spread the love of Yeshua to the Muslim community. Watch “Muslim Opportunity” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://restoration. subspla.sh/7jc6hh5 #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle

When storms hit—broken circumstances, doubt, sorrow, even the weight of our own choices—where do we find something solid to hold onto? Pastor Aaron Gray reminded us that our hope is anchored in God's unshakeable character: greater than all, desiring to bless us, unable to lie, our refuge. Like Abraham, we wait with trust and perseverance, because Yeshua has gone before us as our eternal Kohen Gado...

There’s no one — and no part of you — too far gone for Jesus to come for. The only question is whether you’ll let him land. Yeshua sees you — even the part of you you’ve stopped showing him. Watch “Worth Crossing a Sea for” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://restoration. subspla.sh/d6dzywz #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle

There is someone in your life who has hurt you. And if you are honest, part of you wants them to pay for it. But carrying that debt is costing you more than it is costing them. This message is about what happens when you stop trying to be the judge and make room for God to show up instead. It might change how you see every difficult relationship in your life. Watch “Am I in the Place of God?” on T...

Most people know Jesus welcomes sinners. What they miss is why He couldn't reach the religious leaders who forgot they were sinners. This message unpacks the Jewish context behind one of the most misunderstood titles in the Gospels — and why it changes everything about how you see yourself and the people around you. Watch “Friend of Sinners” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here:  ht...

Nobody signs up for suffering. But what if the hardest seasons of your life are not obstacles to becoming who God made you to be — what if they are the process? From Genesis to Isaiah to a desert road in Acts, one pattern keeps showing up. The suffering is real. And it is producing something you cannot yet see. Watch “One Messiah, Two Comings” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: ...

Most of us hear "last days" and immediately think tribulation charts, rapture timelines, and the end of the world. But that is not what the Bible means — and getting it wrong changes everything about how we read Scripture and how we live. This week we are opening Genesis 49, one of the most important and least understood chapters in the entire Bible, to find out what Jacob actually saw from his de...

In Psalm 139, David celebrates a God who knows us completely and surrounds us with His presence. Join us as Helene Rosenberg explores what it means to trust the One who goes before us and behind us, and how saying yes to the Holy Spirit opens our hearts to His guidance, comfort, and direction. Watch “Saying Yes” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here:  https://tinyurl.com/mv46p9dr #th...

It is human to reach in and try to fix what God is doing. To put things back the way you think they should be. But what looks like a mistake may be exactly what God intended. He is not confused. He sees what you cannot see. And in Yeshua — everyone comes home. Watch “The Fullness” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://tinyurl.com/4vbjkx72 #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #...

Rabbi Troy Wallace shares a powerful message about the relationship between Israel and the nations, and the significance of a remnant from both who love and follow Yeshua. Watch “The Remnant of Israel, The Remnant of The Nations, & Our Relationship” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://tinyurl.com/5d7rk2tp #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle

Most of us are white-knuckling something right now. A plan. An outcome. A timeline we've decided God should follow. The problem isn't the plan. It's the grip. And the ancient Hebrew word for "be still" has something to say about that — it doesn't mean sit quietly. It means let go. Watch “Live and Not Die” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://restoration. subspla.sh/37k2z29...

Many of us are in seasons that feel like the wrong place — provided for but not at home, unable to fully feel the good that surrounds us. The ancient story of Jacob's family in Goshen speaks directly to that. God went ahead of them into the place that didn't feel like home and provided for them there. He does the same for you. Watch this message and learn to trust Him with what comes next. Watch “...

Most people feel like they don't belong anywhere — like the world is scattered and nobody knows how to find their way home. This message traces one number through four thousand years of history and shows why a small, persecuted people has never stopped blessing the world — and why that story includes you. Tap in. Watch “For The Nations” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://...

Aybars Uckun from the Al-Ma’idah Initiative shares how to find real hope even when everything feels hopeless. Watch “Finding Hope” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://restoration. subspla.sh/dvgz5jp #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle

What do you do when following God feels like going down? Going down has always meant moving away from God. Until now. At Beer-sheva God says to Jacob — go down. I myself go down with you. I myself bring you up. His plan is hard. And it is good. Watch “The Well of The Oath” on The Restoration App, Facebook, & YouTube or here: https://restoration. subspla.sh/2c5ym2y #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattl...

In the Torah, God healed the Israelites from snake bites when they looked up at the bronze serpent—not because it had power, but because they repented and trusted Him. As former slaves in Egypt, they knew the belief: “The thing that bites you can heal you.” Likewise, Yeshua was lifted up so we could look to Him, repent, and live. Sometimes, what’s hurting you is what God uses to lift your eyes to...

This is the third-best seder ever, after Moses and Yeshua, and it will take less than an hour! Restoration presents this free Video Messianic Passover Guide, which is now available on the Restoration App, Facebook, and YouTube. You can use it at home and share it with your friends.  Link: https://restoration. subspla.sh/z7g323g #thehappyrabbi #restorationseattle #JewishinSeattle #passover #seattle...