Restoration Church - Chicago, IL

Hue answers the question, “What does the Holy Spirit do?”

Hue’s message on prayer helps make this spiritual discipline practical to everyone. Prayer is essential to having a relationship with God, so above all else we were encouraged to pray often!

Toby’s message lays out the different ways that we are led by God.

Mat Philip was with us this Sunday and he preached on eldership and the calling of the elder’s of the church to guide, guard, and govern. We are so thankful to him and his wife Sheetal for ministering to us!

This week’s message explored the questions, “What is faith?” “What should we have faith in?” and “How should we have faith?” We were encouraged to act in faith by putting our trust in the person of Jesus. We were also challenged as believers to be intentional in praying for and seeking out opportunities to share our faith with others in our lives.

This week’s message answers the question, “Why did Jesus have to die?” We all have sin and we all are in need of a savior. Jesus was the Savior we needed. He lived the perfect life we could not live and He went to the cross, taking on the punishment for all sin.

This week’s sermon answers the question, “Who is Jesus to me?” We all need to grow in our revelation of Jesus because no matter how long we live we will never know all there is to know about Him. This revelation is so important because it will dictate the life we live.

Hue launched our new series, “The Basics,” with the encouragement that God has a plan for our lives much bigger than we could come up with ourselves. The blueprint for the plan is Obedience, Courage, and Perseverance. God’s plan has also always been to use the local church so we must remain rooted rather than try to go it alone.

Hue wraps up the second part of our two-part Christmas series, “The Promised Savior.”

Hue kicked off our two-part Christmas series, “The Promised Savior,” and encouraged us to guard the inheritance we have because of what Jesus has done for us.

Hue encouraged us to reflect on the gift of God’s grace during this giving season. We need to know why God has given us His grace so we can receive it and release it into the world.

Mike preached on the story of Joseph and how God was faithful in keeping all of His promises. Joseph trusted God even when circumstances seemed hopeless. Joseph obeyed God, accomplishing His purposes which turned what man intended for evil into good!

Hue took us through the life of Gideon and challenged us to have the kind of faith that knows God is with us and will accomplish His purposes through us; just as He said to Gideon, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!”

Hue preached on the life of Jacob and his transformation of faith that changed him from being a taker to a giver. God will always surpass our expectations so we can trust Him in all things including our giving.

Diamond took us through the life of Moses whose faith inspires us to have confidence in God rather than fear.

Toby took us through Abraham’s faith journey including the testing of His faith and we saw God’s faithfulness to Abraham at every point in the journey.

Vanessa kicked off our new sermon series, “Heroes of the Faith,” by taking a look at the life of Noah. We were reminded that favor was on Noah simply because of God’s grace and that Noah did all that God commanded him.

Hue wrapped up our three-part series on the Holy Spirit by reminding us of the gifts of the Spirit and that their purpose is to benefit the Church.

Hue’s message “Potential vs. Production” encouraged us to invite the Holy Spirit into our lives and daily living so that we could live the potential of the exceptional and “greater things” Jesus spoke about in John 14:14 rather than just produce good works. This is the only way we will truly glorify Jesus- if we are filled with the Holy Spirit!

Hue launched our three-part sermon series this past week. Follow along with us starting here with Part I.

We are so thankful for the Krueger’s ministry to us at Restoration as we celebrated our 6th birthday. Terry preached the Gospel powerfully from Luke 15.

Hue encouraged us to pursue Biblical Fellowship by devoting ourselves to fellowship, the breaking of bread, and to prayer (Acts 2:42).

Mike encouraged us to pursue true worship by living lives and having hearts of total surrender to God.

Hue launched our new three part series with a message on the importance of prayer.

Toby encouraged us to study the Scriptures and see how they inform our everyday lives, help us to live faithfully, and share our faith with others.