Key verse:
Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten. NKJV
See God protecting and restoring our losses despite bad choices made by ourselves or others. Setbacks can be set-ups to draw us closer to our destiny. So don’t let a bad break cause us to be sour and be stuck in the past. Expect complete restoration of quality and quantity. Draw strength in His presence and promises. Setbacks are never final. What is final is His promises.
1. Restoration
bad choices
Loss because of the bad choices of
Heb 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. NKJV
Gen 4:3-4
In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. 4But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
Heb 7:7-11
9Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. NKJV
Gen 4:25
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” NKJV
Seth Heb: Appointed, set.
Seed – new beginning
Heb 11 – unique
Psa 145:4
One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. NKJV
Col 1:17
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Loss because of our
bad choices
1 Sam 27:8-10
10When Achish asked, “Where did you go raiding today?” David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah” or “Against the Negev of Jerahmeel” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.”
1 Sam 29:4
But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you’ve given him!” they demanded. “He can’t go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle. NLT
1 Sam 30:1-2
Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. 2They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. NLT
The unseen hand of God’s grace and protection despite our bad choices
2 Chron 18:31
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
2 Chron 18:33
But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told the chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.”
2 Chron 19:2
Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Q. How could Abel speak while dead? (Heb 11:4)
Q. What does Seth reminded Eve off?
Q. What does it mean to focus on Him and see Him before all things?
Q. How did God protect David and how will he protect your life despite bad choices?
Q. What are some examples in the Bible of God’s grace towards His people despite their poor choices? How does that grace apply to you?
Q. Take 2 minutes to proclaim God’s restoration over the situation you want God to restore. Share it with the group if you’re comfortable to.
2. Your set-backs can be
for your greatest blessings
Not stuck in your setbacks – disappointment
1 Sam 30:3-6
When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, 4they wept until they could weep no more. 6David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. NLT
Isa 61:3
… give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” NKJV
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr.
Psa 30:5
Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. NKJV
Your greatest breakthrough can come after the greatest adversity
2 Sam 2:1-4
1 After this, David asked the LORD, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes,” the LORD replied. … 4Then the men of Judah came to David and crowned him king over the people of Judah. NLT
God has the solution before the problem arises
1 Sam 30:6-8
But David found strength in the LORD his God. 7Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it. 8Then David asked the LORD, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?” NLT
Prov 20:24
The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? NLT
Rom 8:26b
For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. NKJV
Q. Why is it important not to allow setbacks to sour our lives and be stuck in our past?
Q. What does a breakthrough look like after adversity? Share any example, small of big.
3. Live in expectation of your Sevenfold restorations
1 Sam 30:18-19
David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. 19Nothing was missing:small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back. NLT
1 Tim 4:14-15
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. NKJV
Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years the locust has eaten. NKJV
2 Kings 20:11
Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
Prov 6:31
… when a thief is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house. NKJV
Job 42:12
Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. NKJV
Job 42:13-16
He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. 15In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. NKJV
16After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. NKJV
Jeminah – dove
Keziah – perfume
Keren Happuch – treasure box
Don’t let temporary setbacks sour your life, causing you to get stuck in the past, and hold you from your highest destiny. Your best days are ahead of you.
Draw strength for your restoration
1 Sam 30:6
David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the LORD his God. NET
Job 42:10-12
10And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. NKJV
2 Sam 12:20
Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
2 Sam 12:24-25
Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now the LORD loved him, 25and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. NASB
1 Tim 4:14-15
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. NKJV
Q. What are the ways to draw strength from God to see sevenfold restoration?
Q. Which prophetic mandate that was given to the church (i.e., all of us) personally speaks to you?
Challenge of the Week
1. Memorize
Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten. NKJV
2. Recall how the Lord has protected you despite our bad choices
3. Think of moments in your life how the disappointments and set-backs are actually set-ups for greater blessings
Unless otherwise stated, the Bible verses are in the NIV
Appendix
Prophetic Words for our Restoration
1 Tim 4:14-15
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. NKJV
A very good future
God told me to tell the youths and to tell the parents that they have a future in Malaysia, that God will bless them in Malaysia, that He will increase them, that He will multiply them.
The youths in Malaysia have a future here. They have a very good future here because God has spoken what He is going to do with His people here in Malaysia.
Ps Vernon Falls – 19 April 2015
Restoring the temple of worship and praise
Pastor Joshua and Pastor Carey, you shall build for Me a center of Davidic worship and the anointing on you both shall be great for the leadership … You shall teach about worship. You shall teach about flowing in the anointing like never before, for I am bringing you higher … Now you are restoring the temple with worship and praise.
*Joseph Prince – May *1996
Restoring the young people
I’m calling you to bring revival amongst young people … and they’ll touch the masses, the media, airwaves and all areas of the arts.
People are going to learn how to sing, how to play music, how to do worship, how to dance and how to act …
Out of this church will come CDs, DVDs of what I’m doing, and they will be distributed to churches around the world.
For I’ve called you to be a church that writes music … to be a church that knows what it is to breakthrough in worship.
Chris Gaborit – May 2004
Miracle healing and place of great restoration
For the Word of the Lord will go forth from this place to the four corners of the earth and many will come and say, “Come, let us hear the Word of the Lord.” Many will say let’s go to the miracle place for this shall be known as a place where miracles of God will explode and take place. In this place is a miracle place, for this is the place of My saving grace. This is the place, where there is abundance of grace, this is the place, where you will see many many be saved; many tears will turn to joy, many sicknesses will turn to health, many of those who are lacking will come and find abundant supply.
Ps Joseph Prince, Aug 17, 2011
Restoring the Entrepreneurs to be Mighty Pillars
My son, in a mighty way release words of encouragement that would cause many to fulfil their destinies. The prophetic words will place a sense of destiny and many will come: businessmen, doctors, lawyers and others. They will say, “I have tried the ways of the world. They do not work. I have lost my family and what I value most. Teach me the way of the Lord.” These mighty pillars that will be raised up will cause other businessmen to see My glory. They will bring in their friends, far and near. You will bring them out of darkness into light and they will see where they have not seen before. You will cause them to walk in great abundance and peace.
Joel 3:18 …A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord. And water the Valley of Acacias.
The Valley of the Acacias is right above the Dead Sea and is a place of barrenness and I sense that in a very real way that your church is a fountainhead church and that you are a fountain that will flow with prayer, power and prosperity to the barren places of the world.
Being a fountain head as you are, I sense you are going to be renewed in a new powerful sense of prayer.
A fountainhead church of prayer, power, prosperity and provision.
Joseph Prince – May 1996
The Lord is giving you an anointing to teach in the area of giving and prosperity. For I would say unto you good principles, good clarity and good vision in these particular areas so do not step back.
Ps Vernon Falls – 1994
God is going to really pour out on the Church members, a huge wave of finances, tremendous financial breakthroughs like they have not imagined. God wants them to be sowers to the Gospel, and as they take those challenges of faith, God is going to take them to a higher level all the time. God is raising up billionaires from nothing, from almost nothing, and this is what He is doing.
Ps Vernon Falls – Sept 2010
Vision of the ENTREPRENEURS MINISTRY
To refresh, feed, and stir up the spirits of our entrepreneurs to have great innovations and success despite limitations.
Jer 23:4
I will set up shepherds over them who will FEED them; and they shall FEAR no more, nor be DISMAYED, nor shall they be LACKING,” says the Lord. NKJV
Prophetic words for the Lead Pastor and family
This is especially for the Personal Intercessors that pray seven minutes a day for Pastor. The prophetic word for Pastor is also related to the church family.
2 Cor 13:1 Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Thank you for praying in line with the prophetic mandate given to Pastor earlier. Daniel experienced the fulfillment of the prophetic words because he was attentive to the Word and gave himself to pray in line with the Word. Dan 9:1-5
Prophecies on Lois Yee
I am giving you abilities to organize, to administrate, to put things together.
And the Lord says you are going to be also very creative. He’s given you abilities with arts and computer graphics.
I see you, even now, with the teaching ability. I see that you’ll be teaching children and youth.
Chris Gaborit, April 14, Sunday, 1997 in RLC
I’ll make you one that’s going to lead others and you’re not going to be pushed around.
There’s a determination that I’ve given you that when you set your mind on some things, you don’t give up easily on it.
Chris Gaborit, 26 June, 2002
Prophecies on Lydia Yee
You are going to be strong in preaching and in prophesying and you’re going to follow in your father’s footsteps and you’re going to be able to preach the word in season and out. I’ve given you that heart even to shepherd the sheep and to care for the sheep.
And you’re going to travel at times with your father
he’s going to train you up and raise you up.
I have anointed you for the ministry and I’ve set you apart for the ministry and the calling of God is upon you.
Chris Gaborit, to Lydia, June 26, 2003
I’ve given you ability to be able to counsel people, to love them, to be able to stand with them and strengthen them and be a friend to them at times when they are very lonely.
I’m raising you up in leadership. Leadership is upon your life. You are going to be a leader. In the name of Jesus.
Chris Gaborit to Lydia, May 16, 2004
The word for Lydia is on teaching, having love for people. Great compassion and the ministry of mercy and healing.
Ps Vernon, 2003
Prophecies on Joy Yee
I have anointed you to be able to worship Me. I’ve made you a worshipper and you’re to lead the people in worship and I’ve given you the spirit of Deborah.
Chris Gaborit to Joy, June 26, 2002
God wants you to know that you are loved. He has chosen you. You didn’t choose Him. It’s not because of the family you’re in that you are chosen. It’s because the call of God is upon your life and God’s anointing and hand is upon you.
Chris Gaborit to Joy, May 16, 2004
You will be writing songs. Music will be part of you and you will be also writing books.
The Lord says, ‘I will anointing your mind with ideas, with creative thinking and with the abilities of being a dreamer.
You are going to dream a great vision like Jospeh.
Chris Gaborit to Joy, 2005
Lord God, such a hunger for You, hunger, hunger to do something great for You.
I see you, although as a young person, you’re such a leader in the house not because of a heritage, which is great, as your parents has given you a great heritage. It is because you are a young person who has seen God. When you read the Word, you get first-hand revelation for yourself and then you can pass it on to others.
He is going to prepare you for greatness, prepare you to be a mighty preacher, pastor, prepare a mighty leader that moves in signs, wonders and miracles.
Paul Geerling, to Joy, Aug 22, 2006
Joy is called to preach.
She has a strong calling in her life. She is called to preach. Pastor of 10,000 people. She is a special child; she has a special love for both of you.
Vernon to children, 2003
Though people will giggle and laugh at you when you say you are going to be a pastor, know that the Lord put that in you too. That is the desire of Him, and your parents are going to help shape that.
Tony Cribb to Joy, 2005
You have strong preaching anointing and you are walking in your dad’s footsteps.
I pray that she would have a team around her that is filled with the Holy Spirit’s power – the team of a local church, the team of men and women in business, the team of her own sisters and her own family that will surround her with care.
Irvin Rutherford for Joy
You will give her the gifts of the Holy Spirit and she will be a prophetess and her words will come through and be established at this age, and she will be great consolation and comfort to her parents, Lord.
Dhinakaran on Joy, Sept 1, 2002
He gives you a deep insight into the Scriptures and knowledge of the Bible. My hands are all upon you and I have chosen you to do My ministry.
Dhinakaran to Joy, 2006
You carry a seven times stronger anointing than your dad.
Ps Bernard Teh on Joy, 2006
But you don’t worry about the ministry. Your own children and their spouses shall take over that place. Therefore, the vision which the church was started shall go on. I give you favor in the eyes of those in the authority in the government. Whatever you want to do for the church shall be seen through by them.
Dhinakaran on Children, Dec 2006
When she was fifteen years old, I saw something in her. You say, fifteen years old, what is that? She carries a strong anointing to serve the Lord.
I saw big feet. She can carry big shoes, bigger shoes. I saw in her - on top of her, the rainbow of the Lord.
You may even think, “Well, what am I? I’m young.” But, you are going to do greater work from the Lord. And the anointing, I say to you is, it will be 7 times more than your father and your mother in the future. Don’t worry about what people say of you, as what Dr Jim has already said, “This is your moment. This is your time. This is your blessing.”
Pastors Bernard & Dorothy Teh
to Joy Yee, Sept 22, Taiping
You have selected Joy. You knew her in her mother’s womb and all of her days were ordained by You.
But You have selected her. And God, You are ordering her steps and her obedience has been an offering that has a sweet smelling savour to
And now God, I pray, that she will begin to function in an anointing and in a platform that she has never known before. She has done well and served well. And now God, she will begin to lead leaders.
I pray Father that You will give her that anointing and people will see upon her the mantle of God’s authority.
And Lord, give her a voice into this generation. Give her unusual influence. God open up doors for her.
I pray in the Name of Jesus, God, that You will take her down a pathway and she will see, Lord, a multiplication. She will see, the Kingdom enlarge through her.
Prophecy by Pastor Jim Rion to Joy Yee, Sept 22, 2022 Taiping
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