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- ### **Scripture References**:
– **Ruth 4:13-17**: The story of Ruth, who was once an outsider, yet God redeemed her and gave her a place of honor.
– **Acts 3:6-8**: The healing of the crippled man at the temple gate, demonstrating Jesus’ power to restore physical, emotional, and social brokenness.
Revelation 22:13**: *“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”*
– **Colossians 1:13-14**: *“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”*
### **Introduction**:
1. **God’s Heart for the Rejected**:
– Throughout the Bible, we see God’s compassion for the marginalized and the rejected—those whom society has overlooked.
– Whether it is due to past mistakes, circumstances, or social stigma, God does not abandon His people. He is a God of restoration, who brings back what has been wasted and makes us whole again.
2. **Today’s Message**:
– No matter how rejected or broken you feel, Jesus is able to deliver, restore, and redeem you.
– We will focus on three areas of restoration: **social, physical, and emotional/spiritual healing**.
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### **Main Points**:
1. **Social Seamlessness – Restoration from Social Rejection (Ruth 4:1)**:
– **Context of Ruth**: Ruth was a Moabite widow, a foreigner in Israel—rejected and without a place in society.
– **Redemption Through Boaz**: God sent Boaz as her redeemer, restoring her dignity, identity, and future. What seemed like an impossible situation turned into a story of honor and legacy.
– **Application**: Today, you may feel rejected due to addiction, past mistakes, or simply because society doesn’t understand you. But God is your redeemer. He will restore you to a place of purpose and honor.
– **Prayer Focus**: For deliverance from social struggles like addiction, alcohol, and other habits that have isolated you. God can make you seamless in society again.
2. **Physical Healing – Deliverance from Sickness (Acts 3:6-8)**:
– **The Story in Acts 3**: The crippled man, rejected and placed at the temple gate every day, received a powerful healing in the name of Jesus. Peter said, *“Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”*
– **Healing in Jesus’ Name**: It wasn’t just about the man’s legs being restored; he was also delivered from a life of shame and dependency.
– **Application**: Whether you are battling chronic illness, emotional pain, or facing the loss of health in a marriage or career, God is able to bring healing and deliverance. It’s only a matter of time; God will show up for you.
– **Prayer Focus**: Pray for healing, both physically and in every area of life where there is pain. We claim restoration in Jesus’ name!
3. **Spiritual and Emotional Deliverance – Freedom from Sin and Guilt**:
– **Deliverance from Sin**: Sin and iniquities often lead to feelings of rejection and separation from God. But Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
– **Emotional Healing**: Sometimes, the hardest rejection to overcome is the one we feel within. Self-condemnation, guilt, and shame can bind us just as much as any sickness.
– **Application**: Today, God wants to deliver you from all your iniquities, restore your broken spirit, and make you whole again.
– **Prayer Focus**: Ask for the Holy Spirit to break the chains of guilt, self-rejection, and sin. God’s grace is more than enough.
Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.—
### **Conclusion**:
– **God Restores the Wasted**: What has been rejected, broken, and wasted, God is able to restore. Just as Ruth was restored from social rejection and the crippled man was healed, God will do the same for you.
– **Three Areas of Restoration**:
1. **Social Seamlessness**: No more rejection. You are made whole in Christ.
2. **Physical Healing**: In Jesus’ name, be healed.
3. **Spiritual Freedom**: Freedom from sin and emotional pain.
### **Prayer Time**:
Let’s pray for these three areas right now, believing that God will deliver and restore completely!
