If you’re wounded from the battles of life, we think you may be closer to harvest, than you might otherwise believe. The love of God is best revealed by our diversity, rather than our uniformity. It’s in unconditional acceptance we find Light. Uniformity judges based on things seen rather than the heart. If you’ve been rejected (or at least perceive it that way) we want you. If you’re a Christian Church who has a few people that just don’t fit in, send them to Restoration House Ministries; we want them. We’ll take your rejects and your misfits; we’ll take your square pegs that don’t seem to fit in your round holes. Come as you are but don’t be offended if we’re just as open as we’ve invited you to be.
There are a few ground rules:
- First, although we say to come naked, we mean that you should wear clothes (lol). Come as you are means to come and be honest with yourself and God.
- Second, we don’t throw rocks; we accept and give love, as best we know how.
- Third, we come hungry to be conformed into the image of Christ.
All too often, we don’t accept each other where we are, but it’s time that stops. We can’t change the entire world but we can change our world. Come; let’s not despise small things. In what many call small, there are great shifts, ready to happen in you. This shift will change your world. Call it foster parenting, if you will, but I want to cover you until you find your way.
If you’re a Christain Church who has a few people that just don’t fit in, send them somewhere that embraces diversity; we want them.
We’ll take your rejects and your misfits; we’ll take your square pegs that don’t seem to fit in your round holes.
You might say, we’re foster parents to the spiritually disenfranchised.
Come for a few months or a few years, or don’t leave at all. We might discover God has given us each other since before the foundations of the world.
Come as you are, but don’t be offended if we’re just as open as we’ve invited you to be.
Most anyone exposed to Biblical teaching, preaching or personal study has heard the word ‘Agape’ being used. No one would disagree that ‘Agape’ is the Greek word for ‘Love’ when used as a noun. The study is extensive so I’m not attempting to ‘can‘ what it means. Often, we also use the word ‘Love’ (Agape), when we attempt to ‘describe’. In those cases, the word ‘agape’ is being used as an adjective or adverb. The descriptive word (adjective or adverb), as defined by 
different sides reach a point where it’s impossible to reach agreement. When a jury is ‘hung’, they’ve reached an impasse. What if the whole world were to be on a collision course, a hung jury, where everybody ‘knows’ they are ‘right’. Class, patriotism, race, religion, economic warfare… Imagine all these different opinions (and many more), seeking coalition together, and standing their ground at the same time? That’s what’s happening and God is the instigator.
By the measure you are open to God, the same is true with intimacy in your relationships, neighborhood and community. You can not connect with God and remain dis-connect-ed with your neighbor.
of performing on the stage of life. What’s expected can easily become our most important thing. Transparency and willingness to be open are key to breaking free. Our homes and families are much healthier when we are fully ourselves, even though it can seem difficult, or even impossible.
Him, allowing His mind be your mind. Your interpretation of Truth is subject to your current mindset. If you’re open to God, you’ll receive openly, seeing from His point of view. If you are not open to God, your perception of Truth is cloudy.
of addiction, maybe more destructive. These have a never ending thirst to control the life and choices of others. Ultimately, all addicts have an unquenchable desire to control one thing, self. Even if self seems out of control, the addict demands control of this also.