Restoration Church - Wakefield

The second part of our sermon series This is the Gospel. During our Good Friday service Pastor Joie preaches from Romans 3:23-26 on why Jesus had to die and why it is good news to us.

Join us at Restoration Road as we begin a new sermon series on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus called, "This is the Gospel".  In part one we explore Matthew 4:1-11 and how this fits into the large picture of the Gospel and what this means for all of us.

The ninth and final part of our The Nine series. Today, Pastor Joie finishes preaching from Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the spirit. Pastor Joie speaks about self control; what it means, why we need it, and how to live a life with self control.

The seventh part of our The Nine series. Today, Pastor Joie continues to preach from Galatians 5:22-23, speaking about the fruit of the spirit, focusing on gentleness. Pastor Joie talks about how we cultivate gentleness and trust the gentleness of God.

The sixth part of our The Nine series. Today, Pastor Joie continues to preach from Galatians 5:22-23, speaking about the fruit of the spirit, focusing on Faithfulness. Pastor Joie talks about what a life full of faithfulness looks like, why we should live a life full of faithfulness, and how we can live a live full of faithfulness.

The sixth part of our series on "The Nine" series.  Pastor Joie continues to preach on the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5.  Today we talk about "Goodness" and the perfect example of Goodness Jesus showed us contrasted against works of the flesh.

The fifth part of our "The Nine" series. Today, Pastor Joie continues to preach from Galatians 5:22-23, talking about kindness. He talks about what kindness looks like in a Christian life, why we should cultivate kindness in our lives, and how to cultivate the fruit of kindness.

The fourth part of our "The Nine" series. Today, our guest speaker, Michael Davis, preaches from Galatians 5:22-23. Michael talks about joy, and where it is found.

The third part of our series. Today, Pastor Joie continues to preach from Galatians 5:22-23, talking about the fruit of the Spirit. Today, Joie talks about patience; What does patience look like in a Christian life? Why cultivate patience in our lives? How do we cultivate patience in our lives?

The second part of our "The Nine" series. Today, Pastor Joie continues to preach from Galatians 5: 22-23, talking about peace. Pastor Joie talks about how to have peace with God, peace of God, and peace with others. 

The first part of our new series called "The Nine". Today, Pastor Joie preaches from Galatians 5:22-23, talking about the fruit of the spirit, focusing on Love.

The fourth part of our Engage sermon series. Today, Pastor Joie preaches from Acts 20:35, about how we must help the weak, and why giving is better than receiving.

The third part of our Engage series. Pastor Joie preaches from 1Peter 4:9-11, talking about identifying our God given gifts, and using those gifts to serve others joyfully.

How do we engage in our mission beyond Sunday morning? One of the answers is through small groups.  In our second sermon in our series Engage, Pastor Dave preaches from Acts 2:42-47 on how small group participation is necessary to complete the mission of the church.

The first sermon in our Engage series; Attending and Inviting. Pastor Joie preaches from Hebrews 10:23-25. Pastor Joie speaks about being encouraged, encouraging others, and being apart of a community that loves and encourages.

Pastor Joie preaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the parable of the Prodigal Son.  In this sermon he explores how the parable shows us the heart of three characters, the heart of the prodigal son, the heart of the older brother, and the heart of the father. In this sermon we see how our own hearts are reflected in the prodigal son and God the Father's heart is shown in the father who runs to welcom...

The fourth sermon in our God with us series. Pastor Joie preaches from Luke 1:46-55 about lifting our voices in song and praising Jesus.

We are all impacted by brokenness in the world. It can leave us without hope. Where do we turn to for hope? Pastor Joie preaches from Revelation 21:1-5a about God being with us in the brokenness of the world. 

Pastor Joie preaches from Genesis 3:15 about how our families are not perfect. Sin has impacted every family, from Adam and Eve to our own, but God is still with us.

We all have brokenness, due to our own sin and the sin of others.  God has not abandoned us to our brokenness, instead, Jesus, God the Son, came to earth so that we could be made whole again.  In our first sermon in our Christmas series God With Us, Pastor Joie preaches from Matthew 1:23 on God being with us in our brokenness.

Who we choose to spend time with influences who we are and the choices we make.  Therefore, it is extremely important who we choose to have as friends.  As we continue our sermon series on friendship, Pastor Joie preaches from Proverbs 13:20 and the importance of making the right friends.

In our first sermon in this sermon series on friendship we examine what it means to be a friend. People go through good times and bad times and need someone who will be with them during both. Pastor Dave preaches from Proverbs 17:17 and exhorts us to be a friend that is always loving, no matter where our friends are in life.

We would like to be more like Jesus, but often it seems that we can never change.  We get stuck in the same place and don't think that we can grow any more.  The same sin, the same immaturity, the same weaknesses will always be there. However, Jesus, who has begun the work of change in us, will not leave the job incomplete.  He will continue to work in us.  Pastor Joie encourages us in this a...

In Christ we are new creations and our old selves die.  Through baptism we see this clearly, the old person is dead and buried, the new person is raised.  In this sermon from Romans 6:4, Pastor Joie exhorts us to not return to the old ways, but instead seek after the new things that God has for us.

When surrounded by enemies the natural reaction would be fear.  Even then though we do not have to be overcome with fear.  Pastor Joie ends our mini sermon series, preaching from Psalm 23:5-6, on why we do not need to fear, even when are enemies are near.