Restoration Church - Chicago, IL

Hue finished off our three-part series, The Significance of Jesus by emphasizing the Christology of Jesus.

Vanessa encouraged us to find our identity in Christ and in our sonship or daughtership to the Father.

This Sunday we were encouraged to pursue a greater revelation of Jesus to bring His glory everywhere!

When Jesus calls a follower, He calls them to total transformation through discipleship. By living a lifestyle of discipleship we discover the faith that moves mountains and weathers the storms of life in perfect peace. In this sermon Ryan highlights the Apostle Peter in Acts 12:5-6 and surveys the book of Mark to uncover the process of development that a disciple goes through in relationship to J...

We are thankful and blessed for this word brought by Chanelle Rossouw for our church. Chanelle is gifted in the prophetic and gives a very clear explanation on what the prophetic is and how we can partner with God’s words to us.

Mark and Marie Bailey were with us this Sunday and they were so encouraging! Mark challenged us to invest in shared faith by partnering together in prayer and trusting to see God move. We are so thankful for the message they imparted to us!

Hue wrapped up our John series after over a year in the book with chapter 21. We looked at Peter who jumped out of the boat, leaving everything behind, to go to Jesus the moment he recognized Him. This was after Peter had betrayed Jesus and Jesus received him with complete forgiveness. Hue encouraged us to be like Peter and follow after Jesus without hesitation because we know who He is and we kno...

This week Hue preached on John’s account of the resurrection of Jesus in chapter 20. This event changes everything in history and proves that Jesus is Lord. We were encouraged to share about Jesus’ resurrection at every opportunity!

Diamond shared on the account of Jesus’ crucifixion found in John 19. Jesus was a model of grace and willingly gave His life for all. We can all be imitators of Jesus and give of ourselves graciously, so others can know Him.

Vanessa wrapped up John 17 where Jesus is praying for His disciples to have unity. As followers of Jesus we should be united by our love and worship of Jesus and the Father’s love for us. This will also unite us in our heart and mission and keep us from distractions.

Jesus continues to pray for His disciples. He prays for their protection from the devil and through unity with one another!

Jesus concludes His Farewell Discourse with a prayer for His disciples and this includes us.

We celebrated Resurrection Sunday being reminded of the hope that we have in Jesus because of His resurrection! There is nothing else in life that can sustain our hope. Everything else will fade away. What Jesus offers is eternal.

Jesus wraps up his farewell discourse with his disciples, giving specific insight into what the future holds for them. His words are no less relevant for Christians today as we learn that we have a God who always lays out His plan while speaking to us individually regarding the Heart of the matters we face. If we aren’t hearing Him clearly, perhaps our perspective needs adjusting. This perspective...

In this section of the Farewell Discourse the disciples are warned that the world will hate them. This is true for us as well as we are also disciples of Jesus. When we encounter hate from the world we can be reassured that Jesus is with us, because He gave us the Holy Spirit, and we are therefore capable of continuing to obey Jesus’ commands even in difficult circumstances.

Jesus asks His followers to keep His commands so that they can remain in His love, experience the joy of Jesus, the friendship of Jesus. This is how God’s plan will be made known.

As Jesus prepares to leave His disciples He uses the analogy of the vine and the branches to encourage His disciples to remain in Him. As we are also Jesus’ disciples, His prized possession, we can know that these words are also for us. Jesus promises that if we remain in Him whatever we ask for will be done. When this is lived out in our lives we will bear fruit and this will bring glory to the F...

Jesus is giving a farewell discourse to His disciples and He is assuring them that He will be leaving them with His presence. Even when He is physically gone, they will never be alone. We can believe the same thing as we are disciples of Jesus. He will never leave us alone and the Advocate- the Holy Spirit- is with us.

In this passage, Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to His followers. The Holy Spirit being part of the Trinity is God and we should revere Him as such. He is a comforter- an advocate- and He is in every believer.

Jesus has been faithful and shown Himself to us. We must believe in Him for who He has shown Himself to be and not ask for more signs. We must also love Him for this love will empower us to obey His commands!

The command Jesus gives His disciples to, “Love one another as I have loved you,” entails more than meets the eye. Ryan discusses the relationship between love, faith, and sacrifice as it relates to carrying out this command in the local church in order to fully experience the glory of God and to bring that glory into the world.

We can have hope going into the New Year, because Jesus is our hope and He is always with us!

Thank you Paul and Minda Nichols for coming and encouraging us to truly be the church that Jesus is building! ⁠

“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.” These are the words of Jesus in John 12. Vanessa encouraged challenged us to really follow Jesus. to pursue fellowship with one another to strengthen our faith especially in the hard times, and to know that we carry the light of the world in us everywhere we go.

Just as Jesus asked those grieving the death of Lazarus, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” So the same question can be asked of us. If we believe we will follow Jesus, do the things He asks of us, and then we will see the glory of God!